Table 1 Diagnostic criteria for NBCCS and clinical phenotype of 15 Korean patients.

From: Clinical and genetic profiling of nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome in Korean patients by whole-exome sequencing

Diagnostic criteria for NBCCS

N (%)

Major criteria

1. More than two BCCs or one under the age of 20 years

14 (93.3)

2. Odontogenic keratocysts of the jaw

9 (60.0)

3. Three or more palmar or plantar pits

14 (93.3)

4. Lamellar calcification of the falx cerebri

9 (60.0)

5. Bifid, fused or markedly splayed ribs

5 (33.3)

6. First degree relative with NBCCS

6 (40.0)

Minor criteria

1. Macrocephaly determined after adjustment for height

10 (66.7)

2. Congenital malformations

7 (46.7)

3. Other skeletal abnormalities

3 (20.0)

4. Radiological abnormalities

1 (6.7)

5. Ovarian fibroma

1 (6.7)

6. Medulloblastoma

3 (20.0)

Total

15 (100.0)

  1. NBCCS nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome, BCC basal cell carcinoma.