Colon

Syndromes

Turcot syndrome


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Jennifer Findeis-Hosey, M.D.

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Definition / general
Essential features
Terminology
  • Pronounced with silent second t (Turcot was French Canadian)
Clinical features
  • Same as FAP or Lynch Syndrome, but additionally with central nervous system tumor (as above)
Case reports
Differential diagnosis
  • Constitutional mismatch repair deficiency syndrome: biallelic mismatch repair gene mutation; patients develop brain tumors, hematopoietic malignancies and Lynch syndrome associated tumors (Haematologica 2010;95:699)
Additional references
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