Cowden syndrome: Report of two cases and review of clinical presentation and management of a rare colorectal polyposis

Current Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-19

  Campos, Fábio Guilherme ^a   Habr Gama, Angelita ^a   Kiss, Desidério Roberto ^a   Atuí, Fábio César ^a   Rawet, Viviane ^a   Goldstein, Paulo J ^a   Gama Rodrigues, Joaquim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cowden's syndrome; Hamartoma; Hamartoma syndrome; Polyposis; PTEN protein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON POLYPOSIS; COWDEN SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACE DISORDER; FEMALE; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL POLYPOSIS; GOITER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KERATOSIS; LIFESPAN; MOUTH TUMOR; OCCULT CANCER; OVARY CYST; PAPILLOMATOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID CANCER; TRICHILEMMOMA;

ADULT; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA SYNDROME, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; PTEN PHOSPHOHYDROLASE;

EID: 30344437009     PISSN: 01497944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cursur.2005.04.015     Document Type: Article

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