Turcot syndrome with colonic obstruction and small intestinal invagination: Report of a case

Citation
C. Shibata et al., Turcot syndrome with colonic obstruction and small intestinal invagination: Report of a case, SURG TODAY, 29(8), 1999, pp. 785-788
Citations number
16
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
SURGERY TODAY-THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF SURGERY
ISSN journal
0941-1291 → ACNP
Volume
29
Issue
8
Year of publication
1999
Pages
785 - 788
Database
ISI
SICI code
0941-1291(1999)29:8<785:TSWCOA>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We report herein the case of a 16-year-old boy diagnosed as having Turcot s yndrome, otherwise known as glioma-polyposis syndrome. The patient was tran sferred from the Department of Neurosurgery where he was undergoing investi gation of a brain tumor, to the Department of Medicine for investigation of gastrointestinal symptoms. The patient was diagnosed as ha,having Turcot s yndrome, and was then transferred to the Department of Surgery for treatmen t of an obstruction in the sigmoid colon and small intestinal invagination, A subtotal colectomy with side-to-end ileoproctostomy and release of the i nvaginations was carried out. Multiple polyps were found in the colon, two of which, including a large polyp that obstructed the colonic lumen, were c onfirmed histologically to be adenocarcinoma, The remaining polyps were ade nomas. A biopsy of the brain tumor confirmed a diagnosis of astrocytoma (WH O grade II), This case report describes the characteristic features of Turc ot syndrome presented by this patient.