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.