Meanings
- uncountableA cutaneous disorder consisting of angiofibromas that begin in childhood (generally present between 2–5 years of age) and appear clinically as red papules on the face especially on the nasolabial folds, cheek and chin.
Adenoma sebaceum is usually congenital and occurs with nævoid conditions.
1894, Malcolm Morris, “Principles of Diagnosis”, in Diseases of the Skin: An Outline of the Principles and Practice of Dermatology, London; Paris; Melbourne, Vic.: Cassell and Company Limited, →OCLC, page 442 more examples
Fifty per cent of patients with rhabdomyoma also have tuberous sclerosis—a familial disease consisting of epilepsy, mental retardation, and adenoma sebaceum.
1977, J. Kent Trinkle, “Cardiac Neoplasms”, in James D. Hardy, editor, Rhoads Textbook of Surgery: Principles and Practice, 5th edition, volume 2, Philadelphia, Pa.: J. B. Lippincott Company, →ISBN, part 12 (The Heart, Arteries, Veins and Lymphatics), chapter 54 (The Heart), page 1660, column 1Skin lesions include: […] the adenoma sebaceum butterfly rash on face, rarely evident before two years, but present in half by five years; […]
1997, Robert Goodman, Stephen Scott, “Assessment”, in Child Psychiatry, Oxford, Oxforshire; Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Science, →ISBN, part I (Assessment, Classification and Epidemiology), page 20
Origin
- New Latinadenōma sēbāceum
- Englishadenoma sebaceum
Learned borrowing from New Latin adenōma sēbāceum.
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