Cowden's disease diagnosed through mucocutaneous lesions and gastrointestinal polyposis with recurrent hematochezia, unrevealed by initial diagnosis

Citation
M. Kato et al., Cowden's disease diagnosed through mucocutaneous lesions and gastrointestinal polyposis with recurrent hematochezia, unrevealed by initial diagnosis, INTERN MED, 39(7), 2000, pp. 559-563
Citations number
32
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
INTERNAL MEDICINE
ISSN journal
0918-2918 → ACNP
Volume
39
Issue
7
Year of publication
2000
Pages
559 - 563
Database
ISI
SICI code
0918-2918(200007)39:7<559:CDDTML>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
A 51-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of hematochezia and painful keratotic plaques involving both hands. He had gastrointestinal pol yposis, and a history of liver hemangiomas and thyroid tumor. Numerous papu les on the face and papillomatosis on the oral mucosa were present. A diagn osis was made as a typical case of Cowden's disease according to the criter ia proposed by Salem and Steck (J Am Acad Dermatol 8: 686, 1983), The patie nt was not correctly diagnosed initially in spite of typical manifestations of Cowden's disease, mainly due to his concomitant manifestations which oc curred chronologically.