Multiple hamartoma syndrome
Cowden syndrome
Facts
:
GI hamartomas associated with breast cancer, thyroid cancer, and nodular gingival hyperplasia
Differential Diagnosis
:
1)
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
(hyperpigmentation)
2) Cronkhite-Canada syndrome (alopecia, nail loss)
3)
Gardner's syndrome
(extaintestinal lesions)
4)
Turcot's syndrome
(brain tumor)
August 5th 2010
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