Nonfamilial intestinal polyposis and brain tumor in a 5-year-old girl

Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 1987;4(3):247-60. doi: 10.3109/08880018709141275.

Abstract

A 5-year-old girl with glioblastoma multiforme and simultaneous adenocarcinoma in one of multiple colonic polyps is the youngest reported case of Turcot's syndrome. A literature survey and a classification based on family pedigree and pattern of inheritance are proposed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / genetics*
  • Age Factors
  • Brain Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Colonic Polyps / genetics*
  • Female
  • Glioblastoma / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / genetics*
  • Pigmentation Disorders / complications
  • Pigmentation Disorders / genetics
  • Rectal Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Syndrome