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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 14, 2005; 11(34): 5408-5411
Published online Sep 14, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i34.5408
Published online Sep 14, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i34.5408
Gardner’s syndrome: A case report and review of the literature
C Fotiadis, 3rd University Department of General Surgery, Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
GC Zografos, DK Tsekouras, P Antonakis, M Genetzakis, 1st University Department of General Surgery, Athens School of Medicine, Ippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece
J Sfiniadakis, Department of Pathology, Athens Naval Hospital, Athens, Greece
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Professor C Fotiadis, 8 Tripoleos Street, Melissia, Athens 15721, Greece. costfot@yahoo.gr
Telephone: +11-30210-5326431 Fax: +11-30210-8133184
Received: February 7, 2005
Revised: March 3, 2005
Accepted: March 9, 2005
Published online: September 14, 2005
Revised: March 3, 2005
Accepted: March 9, 2005
Published online: September 14, 2005
Abstract
Gardner’s syndrome is an autosomal dominant disease characterized by the presence of colonic polyposis, osteomas and a multitude of soft tissue tumors. The syndrome may present at any age from 2 mo to 70 years with a variety of symptoms, either colonic or extracolonic. We present a case of a 11-year-old female patient with Gardner’s syndrome who presented with a lumbar area desmoid tumor and treated with resection of the desmoid, restorative proctocolectomy and ileal pouch anal anastomosis, A review of the current literature has been performed.
Keywords: Gardner’s syndrome, Desmoid tumor, RPC, IPAA