Colonic ganglioneuromatous polyposis and metastatic adenocarcinoma in the setting of Cowden syndrome: A case report and literature review

Human Pathology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 601-604

  Trufant, Joshua W ^a   Greene, Laura ^b   Cook, Deborah L ^b   McKinnon, Wendy ^b   Greenblatt, Marc ^b   Bosenberg, Marcus W ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Colon; Cowden syndrome; Ganglioneuromatous polyposis; Hamartoma

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON ADENOMA; COLON POLYP; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; COWDEN SYNDROME; GANGLIONEUROMA; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NONSENSE MUTATION; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; SKIN EXAMINATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; CODON, NONSENSE; COLON; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; GANGLIONEUROMA; HAMARTOMA SYNDROME, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL POLYPOSIS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PTEN PHOSPHOHYDROLASE; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84858150783     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: 15328392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2011.06.022     Document Type: Article

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