Gardner's syndrome: a case report and review of the literature.
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.
Fotiadis
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8 Tripoleos Street, Melissia, Athens 15721, Greece. costfot@yahoo.gr
Tsekouras
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Antonakis
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Sfiniadakis
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Genetzakis
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Zografos
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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