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Do you know this syndrome? Ascher´s syndrome: clinical findings of little known triad

Ascher's syndrome consists of double lip, blepharochalasis and sometimes non-toxic thyroid enlargement. It is a rare, benign, rarely reported, and sometimes misdiagnosed condition that most often affects patients under 20 years old. The etiology remains unknown, although factors such as trauma,...

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Autores principales: Donato, Carolina Mendonça Gama, Melo, Daniel Fernandes, Santos Netto, Juliana de Noronha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5674714/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29166520
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20177158
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description Ascher's syndrome consists of double lip, blepharochalasis and sometimes non-toxic thyroid enlargement. It is a rare, benign, rarely reported, and sometimes misdiagnosed condition that most often affects patients under 20 years old. The etiology remains unknown, although factors such as trauma, hormonal dysfunction and heredity have been suggested. Treatment based on surgical intervention is indicated to improve aesthetics or function. The presented case shows a patient diagnosed with Ascher's syndrome based on clinical findings such as double lip and blepharochalasis.
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spelling pubmed-56747142017-11-13 Do you know this syndrome? Ascher´s syndrome: clinical findings of little known triad Donato, Carolina Mendonça Gama Melo, Daniel Fernandes Santos Netto, Juliana de Noronha An Bras Dermatol Syndrome in Question Ascher's syndrome consists of double lip, blepharochalasis and sometimes non-toxic thyroid enlargement. It is a rare, benign, rarely reported, and sometimes misdiagnosed condition that most often affects patients under 20 years old. The etiology remains unknown, although factors such as trauma, hormonal dysfunction and heredity have been suggested. Treatment based on surgical intervention is indicated to improve aesthetics or function. The presented case shows a patient diagnosed with Ascher's syndrome based on clinical findings such as double lip and blepharochalasis. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5674714/ /pubmed/29166520 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20177158 Text en ©2017 by Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5674714/
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