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The risk of malignant melanoma, internal malignancy and mortality in xeroderma pigmentosum patients.
British Journal of Dermatology 1987 October
Mortality and malignancy were studied in a series of 32 patients with xeroderma pigmentosum presenting during the period 1950-84. Twenty-nine of the patients were followed to the end of 1984 using the National Health Service Central Register, and hospital case records and correspondence with referring physicians; three patients had incomplete follow-up. Three of the patients developed malignant melanoma during follow-up, but none developed internal malignancy. Two males and one female died [standardized mortality ratio (SMR) = 971, P less than 0.05, for males; SMR = 1931, not significant, for females]. All three deaths were from non-malignant causes: severe neurological involvement with terminal infection. This high mortality from neurological complications in xeroderma pigmentosum patients contrasts with previously reported mortality, particularly from actinic-induced cutaneous tumours.
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