Pinealoblastoma in a patient with familial adenomatous polyposis: Variant of Turcot syndrome type 2? Report of a case and review of the literature

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2343-2346

  Gadish, T ^a   Tulchinsky, H ^a   Deutsch, A A ^b,c   Rabau, M ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Department of Obstetrics   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brain tumor polyposis; Familial adenomatous polyposis; Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer; Pinealoblastoma; Thyroid carcinoma; Turcot syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CANCER; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORBIDITY; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PROCTOCOLECTOMY; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; TURCOT SYNDROME;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENES, APC; HUMANS; PINEAL GLAND; PINEALOMA; SYNDROME; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 30444450734     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-005-0201-y     Document Type: Review

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