Title
Meduloblastoma and recurrent meningioma in association with colonic polyposis: an unusual presentation of Turcot syndrome
Other title
Meduloblastoma y meningioma recidivante asociados a poliposis colónica: una presentación inusual del síndrome de Turcot
Date Issued
01 July 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Servicio de Gastroenterología
Publisher(s)
NLM (Medline)
Abstract
Turcot syndrome is an association of primary neuroepithelial tumors of the central nervous system with adenomatous polyposis coli. It is a genetic disorder, with two forms; In type I, glioblastomas are usually associated with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPC or Lynch). In Type II, medulloblastomas are often associated with familial adenomatous polyposis coli (classical or attenuated). This patient had a medulloblastoma at seven years of age, then 20 years later developed a meningioma which recurred several times. At 36 years old he presented with anemia after digestive bleeding, and an adenomatous polyposis coli with high grade dysplasia was found at colonoscopy. As far as we know, this is the first case of Turcot syndrome described in our country.
Start page
280
End page
283
Volume
39
Issue
3
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Oncología
Gastroenterología, Hepatología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85074546621
PubMed ID
Source
Revista de gastroenterologia del Peru : organo oficial de la Sociedad de Gastroenterologia del Peru
ISSN of the container
1609722X
Sources of information:
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