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Case Report: Metachronous Central Nervous System Desmoid Tumours and Thyroid Carcinoma in a Young Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Patient
source: Familial cancer
year: 2013
authors: Butel-Simoes G I, Spigelman A D
summary/abstract:We report a familial adenomatous polyposis patient with a known truncating mutation on exon 15 of the APC gene who developed an invasive follicular thyroid cancer in addition to multiple intra-cranial and spinal desmoids. This combination of manifestations has not previously been recorded in the literature.
organisation: University of New South WalesDOI: 10.1007/s10689-013-9640-0
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