Turcot's syndrome: a new case in the first decade of life.
A case of Turcot's syndrome is described in an 8-year-old girl. Turcot's syndrome is a rare hereditary disease in which malignant glioma of the central nervous system is associated with colonic polyposis. The patient initially presented with a left parietal glioblastoma diagnosed by computed tomography (CT), and was subsequently found to have nonfamilial colonic polyposis.
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Institute of Radiological Sciences, University of Messina, Italy.
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D001466:Barium Sulfate; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D002648:Child; D003106:Colon / Q000473:pathology; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D001466:Barium Sulfate