See Also: Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome(health)
Birt Hogg Dube syndrome(health)
Birt(medicine)
Hogg, James(encyclopedia)
Negligence(money)
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Negligence(law)
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Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome (health) and Negligence (law)


Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome (health)


An inherited condition in which benign tumors develop in hair follicles on the head, chest, back, and arms. These tumors are called fibrofolliculomas. Other characteristic skin abnormalities are trichodiscomas and acrochordons. A trichodiscoma is a tumor of the hair disc while an acrochordon is a skin tag. People with this syndrome are at increased risk for developing colon or kidney cancer as well as spontaneous pneumothorax due to lung cysts.





Negligence (law)



A act committed negligently is an action or lack of action that someone that is exercising common sense would not do.







A failure to use the degree of care that a reasonable person would use under the same circumstances.





Behaving in a negligent way.