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KA vs SCC Management — SCE Dermatology MCQ

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HardSkin CancerKA vs SCC ManagementSCE Dermatology

Several members of a family develop multiple crateriform tumours that grow rapidly and then involute, leaving depressed scars. Which inherited syndrome is most likely?

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Correct answer: C — Ferguson–Smith multiple self-healing squamous epithelioma

Ferguson–Smith syndrome causes autosomal-dominant multiple self-healing squamous epitheliomas with spontaneous regression and pitted scars. Individual lesions still require specialist assessment because conventional squamous cell carcinoma cannot be assumed to regress.

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