Cowden's disease and Down syndrome. An exceptional association.
Cowden's disease with typical mucocutaneous features developed in a 24-year-old woman who had Down syndrome. To our knowledge this association has not been reported previously. The interest lies in the overlap of some characteristic features of both diseases.
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Service of Dermatology, Hospital Provincial, Pontevedra, Spain.
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D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006223:Hamartoma Syndrome, Multiple / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology