Turcot syndrome: case report and nosological aspects.
The Turcot syndrome has been defined as the simultaneous presence of multiple polyposis of the colon and a malignant brain tumor. This association is supposed to be genetically transmitted, even though we still do not exactly know whether this occurs in a dominant or recessive way. The case of a 47-year-old man submitted to a right hemicolectomy for cancer and polyposis, following a series of endoscopic polypectomies and, finally, removal of left temporal glioma is here presented.
Fracasso
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P
Service of Digestive Endoscopy, Istituto Regina Elena, Rome, Italy.
Caviglia
R
R
Grassi
A
A
Lapenta
R
R
Stigliano
V
V
Franco
D
D
Casale
V
V
D011125:Adenomatous Polyposis Coli / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D018302:Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D009386:Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D010375:Pedigree