Turcot syndrome in an elderly adult.
A 67-year-old woman presented with hematochezia and an episode of transient expressive dysphasia. She was found to have multiple colonic polyps with adenocarcinomatous changes. Computed tomography brain scan and computed tomography-guided biopsy revealed a left frontoparietal glioblastoma multiforme. This case illustrates the rare presentation of Turcot syndrome-a hereditary colorectal polyposis syndrome-in an older adult.
Castillo
Roque
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Division of Geriatric Medicine, St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri 63104, USA.
Wilson
Margaret-Mary G
MM
D011125:Adenomatous Polyposis Coli / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed