Medulloblastoma and Familial Adenomatous Polyposis in a 24-year-old Female Patient: A Case Report of Turcot Syndrome / 대한소아소화기영양학회지
Korean Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
; : 206-210, 2007.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-100255
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ABSTRACT
Turcot syndrome is characterized by the concurrence of a primary neuroepithelial brain tumor and multiple colorectal polyposis. We report a case of a 24-year-old woman diagnosed with Turcot syndrome. At first, the patient was diagnosed as having a medulloblastoma after a tumorectomy of the 4th ventricle mass. The patient underwent radiotherapy and chemotherapy. After high-dose chemotherapy, neutropenic fever and severe mucositis developed. For an evaluation of the persistent hematochezia and diarrhea, a colonoscopy was performed. It revealed pseudomembranous colitis and multiple polyps in the entire colon. According to the family history, her father had undergone a total colectomy due to colon cancer and polyposis of the entire colon. Her brother also was found to have multiple polyps in the colon by a colonoscopy. The patient was diagnosed with Turcot syndrome.
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Health context:
Neglected Diseases
Health problem:
Diarrhea
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Neglected Diseases
Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Polyps
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Radiotherapy
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Brain Neoplasms
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Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous
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Colonoscopy
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Colectomy
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Colon
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Colonic Neoplasms
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Adenomatous Polyposis Coli
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Siblings
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Year:
2007
Document type:
Article