| Brooke, Bryan | <person> British surgeon, *1915. See: Brooke ileostomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Brooke, Henry | <person> English dermatologist, 1854-1919. See: Brooke's disease, Brooke's tumour. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Brooke's disease | Trichoepithelioma. Synonym: keratosis follicularis contagiosa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brooke's tumour | <tumour> Multiple small benign nodules, occurring mostly on the skin of the face, derived from basal cells of hair follicles enclosing small keratin cysts; frequent autosomal dominant inheritance. Synonym: acanthoma adenoides cysticum, Brooke's tumour, epithelioma adenoides cysticum, hereditary multiple trichoepithelioma. Origin: tricho-+ epithelioma (05 Mar 2000) |