| • | trichodiscomas = fibrofolliculomas (when sectioned horizontally) |
| • | trichodiscomas are white |
| • | familial renal cell carcinoma |
| • | recurrent pneumothorax (secondary to pulmonary cysts) |
| • | work-up (all newly diagnosed patients and family members): |
| • | abdominal CT scan and US |
| • | in general, the pulmonary symptoms predate the papules, and the renal and colonic abnormalities occur later in life, after the papules become apparent |
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