Hereditary disorder consisting of multiple basal cell carcinomas, odontogenic keratocysts, and multiple skeletal defects, e.g., frontal and temporoparietal bossing, bifurcated and splayed ribs, kyphoscoliosis, fusion of vertebrae, and cervicothoracic spina bifida. Genetic transmission is autosomal dominant.
Also Known As:
Gorlin Syndrome; Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome; Syndrome, Gorlin; Fifth Phacomatosis; Gorlin-Goltz Syndrome; Multiple Basal Cell Nevi, Odontogenic Keratocysts, and Skeletal Anomalies; NBCCS; Fifth Phacomatoses; Gorlin Goltz Syndrome; Syndrome, Gorlin-Goltz; Nevus Syndrome, Basal Cell