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

Abdom Imaging. 1995 Mar-Apr;20(2):155-6. doi: 10.1007/BF00201527.

Abstract

A case of Turcot's syndrome is described in an 8-year-old 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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Barium Sulfate
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Brain Neoplasms / genetics
  • Child
  • Colon / pathology
  • Colonic Polyps / diagnosis*
  • Colonic Polyps / genetics
  • Female
  • Glioblastoma / diagnosis*
  • Glioblastoma / genetics
  • Humans
  • Parietal Lobe / diagnostic imaging
  • Parietal Lobe / pathology*
  • Syndrome
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Barium Sulfate