Cowden Syndrome Genetic Disorders Conditions and Diseases

Cowden Syndrome Genetic Disorders Conditions and Diseases

Cowden disease (CD), also termed Cowden syndrome and multiple hamartoma syndrome, is an autosomal dominant condition with variable expression that results from a mutation in the PTEN gene on chromosome arm 10q, as reported by Liaw et al. CD causes hamartomatous neoplasms of the skin and mucosa, GI tract, bones, central nervous system (CNS), eyes, and genitourinary tract. Skin is involved in 90-100% of cases; the thyroid in 66%.

Top: Health: Conditions and Diseases: Genetic Disorders: Cowden Syndrome

See Also:

Top/Health/Conditions and Diseases/Rare Disorders

EMedicine: Cowden Disease - A introduction of Cowden disease followed by an in depth report, including treatment, medication and follow up.
Cowden Syndrome - A CHORUS notecard document about this syndrome.

Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor
Click here to add, change or remove your listing

MySQL - Cache Direct sec.