title: Nonfamilial intestinal polyposis and brain tumor in a 5-year-old girl.
abstract: A 5-year-old girl with glioblastoma multiforme and simultaneous adenocarcinoma in one of multiple colonic polyps is the youngest reported case of Turcot's syndrome. A literature survey and a classification based on family pedigree and pattern of inheritance are proposed.
authors.affiliation: 1st Pediatric Department, Rome University, Italy.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Castello
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Operamolla
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Clerico
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taucci
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mazzoni
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gallo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Imperato
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000235:genetics*; D000367:Age Factors; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000235:genetics*; D010859:Pigmentation Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D013577:Syndrome