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Turcot's syndrome: a new case in the first decade of life

✍ Scribed by E. Scribano; G. Loria; G. Ascenti; E. Cardia; D. Molina; M. Gaeta


Publisher
Springer
Year
1995
Tongue
English
Weight
663 KB
Volume
20
Category
Article
ISSN
0942-8925

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✦ Synopsis


A case of Turcot's syndrome is described in an 8-yearold girl. Turcot's syndrome is a rare hereditary disease in which malignant glioma of the central nervous system is associated with colonic polyposis. The patient initially presented with a left parietal glioblastoma diagnosed by computed tomography (CT), and was subsequently found to have nonfamilial colonic polyposis.


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