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Cowden's Disease
Factoid 907 - Created: 2000-05-15 08:09:04-04 - Modified: 2000-10-31 09:59:16-05

Cowden's Disease:
Autosomal dominant
Systemic hamartomas:
FD of breast, GI polyps, uterine leiomyomas, thyroid adenomas
Cutaneous lesions (tricholemmomas - papules)
Risk for Cancer:
breast, thyroid, GU (incl. endometrial)
Lhermitte-Duclos (dysplastic gangliocytoma of cerebellum)

* This disease is named after a patient (Rachel Cowden) so the 's is appropriate.

Location: Generalized	Sublocation: none selected	Category: Congenital, genetic
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Prepared by: James G. Smirniotopoulos, M.D.
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