adenoma sebaceum

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin adenōma sēbāceum.

Noun

adenoma sebaceum (uncountable)

  1. A 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.
    • 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 44:
      Adenoma sebaceum is usually congenital and occurs with nævoid conditions.
    • 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 1:
      Fifty per cent of patients with rhabdomyoma also have tuberous sclerosis—a familial disease consisting of epilepsy, mental retardation, and adenoma sebaceum.
    • 1997, Robert Goodman, Stephen Scott, “Assessment”, in Child Psychiatry, Oxford, Oxforshire; Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Science, →ISBN, part I (Assessment, Classification and Epidemiology), page 20:
      Skin lesions include: […] the adenoma sebaceum butterfly rash on face, rarely evident before two years, but present in half by five years; […]

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