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Table 1 Major and minor criteria for diagnosis of GGS [6, 7]

From: A rare case report of Gorlin-Goltz’s syndrome: a multisystemic disorder of otolaryngological domain

Major criteria

Minor criteria

• Multiple basal cell carcinomas or one occurring under the age of 20 years

• Multiple OKCs of the jaws

• Palmar pits or plantar pits (three or more)

• Calcifications in the falx cerebri

• Bifid, fuséd, or markedly splayed ribs

• First-degree relative with nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome

• Macrocéphaly (adjusted for height)

• Congenital malformation: cléft lip or cleft palate, frontal bossing, coarse face, moderate or severe hypertelorism

• Other skeletal abnormalities: Spréngel deformity, marked pectus deformity, marked syndáctyly of the digits

• Radiological abnormalities: bulging of sélla turcica, vertebral anomalies such as hemivertebrae, fusion or elongation of vertebral bodies, modeling defects of the hands and feet, or flame-shaped hands or feet

• Ovarian fibroma

• Medulloblastoma