title: Adenocarcinoma of the rectum with associated colorectal adenomatous polyps in tuberous sclerosis: a case report.
abstract: The authors present the case of a 17-year-old girl with tuberous sclerosis (TS) who presented with symptoms of intussusception. Although endoscopically diagnosed with multiple colonic polyps, presumed to be hamartomas, and an invasive rectal adenocarcinoma, postoperative pathology findings confirmed the rectal cancer and showed multiple colonic adenomas. Multiple colonic adenomatous polyps in a young girl with tuberous sclerosis is extremely rare. Furthermore, we believe that this is the first report of an invasive adenocarcinoma of the large intestine occurring in a patient with TS.
authors.affiliation: Cornell University Medical College, New York City, NY USA.
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Digoy
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tibayan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Edelstein
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D011125:Adenomatous Polyposis Coli / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014402:Tuberous Sclerosis / Q000150:complications*