Incidental finding of lamellar calcification of the falx cerebri leading to the diagnosis of gorlin-goltz syndrome

I Saulite; B Voykov; T Mehra; W Hoetzenecker; E Guenova

doi:10.1159/000356146

Incidental finding of lamellar calcification of the falx cerebri leading to the diagnosis of gorlin-goltz syndrome

Case Rep Dermatol. 2013 Oct 19;5(3):301-3. doi: 10.1159/000356146. eCollection 2013.

Authors

I Saulite¹, B Voykov², T Mehra³, W Hoetzenecker⁴, E Guenova⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Riga Stradiš University, Riga, Latvia, Germany.
² Centre for Ophthalmology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
³ Medical Controlling and Statistics, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁵ Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany ; Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Abstract

Here, we report the case of an incidental finding of lamellar calcification of the falx cerebri in a routine computed tomography scan of the head after an accidental trauma. This lamellar calcification led to the diagnosis of Gorlin-Goltz syndrome (GGS) in the patient and her daughter. Lamellar calcification of the falx cerebri is a pathognomonic feature of GGS. Our case report highlights the importance of a multidisciplinary diagnostic approach to GGS.

Keywords: Calcification; Falx cerebri; Gorlin-Goltz syndrome; Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports