Multiple Hamartoma Syndrome

Overview

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Is a:

Neoplastic Process

Definition:

A hereditary disease characterized by multiple ectodermal, mesodermal, and endodermal nevoid and neoplastic anomalies. Facial trichilemmomas and papillomatous papules of the oral mucosa are the most characteristic lesions. Individuals with this syndrome have a high risk of breast cancer; thyroid cancer; and endometrial cancer. This syndrome is associated with mutations in the gene for pten phosphatase.

Synonyms:

Bannayan Riley Ruvalcaba Syndrome
Bannayan Zonana Syndrome
Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba Syndrome
Bannayan-Zonana Syndrome
Cerebellum Dysplastic Gangliocytoma
Cerebellum Dysplastic Gangliocytomas
Cowden Disease
Cowden Syndrome
Cowden's Disease
Cowdens Disease
Disease, Cowden
Disease, Cowden's
Disease, Lhermitte-Duclos
Dysplastic Gangliocytoma of Cerebellum
Lhermitte Duclos Disease
Lhermitte-Duclos Disease
Multiple Hamartoma Syndrome
Myhre Riley Smith Syndrome
Myhre-Riley-Smith Syndrome
PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome
Riley Smith Syndrome
Riley-Smith Syndrome
Ruvalcaba Myhre Smith Syndrome
Ruvalcaba-Myhre-Smith Syndrome
Syndrome, Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba
Syndrome, Bannayan-Zonana
Syndrome, Cowden
Syndrome, Multiple Hamartoma
Syndrome, Myhre-Riley-Smith
Syndrome, Riley-Smith
Syndrome, Ruvalcaba-Myhre-Smith

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