title: Gardner's syndrome: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Gardner's syndrome is an autosomal dominant disease characterized by the presence of colonic polyposis, osteomas and a multitude of soft tissue tumors. The syndrome may present at any age from 2 mo to 70 years with a variety of symptoms, either colonic or extracolonic. We present a case of a 11-year-old female patient with Gardner's syndrome who presented with a lumbar area desmoid tumor and treated with resection of the desmoid, restorative proctocolectomy and ileal pouch anal anastomosis, A review of the current literature has been performed.
authors.affiliation: 8 Tripoleos Street, Melissia, Athens 15721, Greece. costfot@yahoo.gr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fotiadis
authors.forename: D-K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Tsekouras
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Antonakis
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sfiniadakis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Genetzakis
authors.forename: G-C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Zografos
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D039021:Colonic Pouches; D005260:Female; D018222:Desmoid Tumors / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005736:Gardner Syndrome / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016737:Proctocolectomy, Restorative