A tragedy of albinism

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36303/SAJS.3989

Keywords:

albinism

Abstract

We would like to bring to your attention the plight of a 45-year-old epileptic, HIV-positive African male with oculo-cutaneous albinism (OCA). He presented to the dermatology department of a tertiary hospital in Gauteng in 2019 with a fungating mass on his left hand that had been progressively enlarging for a year. Surprisingly, a diagnosis of hyperkeratotic actinic keratosis with mild dysplasia was found on biopsy and he was treated conservatively. He was lost to follow-up during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Author Biographies

FB Aboo, University of the Witwatersrand

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

MP Kgagudi, University of the Witwatersrand

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

M Jingo, University of the Witwatersrand

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

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Published

2025-12-13

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Vol. 61 No. 3 (2023)

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Letter to the Editor

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