Case Report: Metachronous Central Nervous System Desmoid Tumours and Thyroid Carcinoma in a Young Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Patient | FAPvoice

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Case Report: Metachronous Central Nervous System Desmoid Tumours and Thyroid Carcinoma in a Young Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Patient

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source: Familial cancer

year: 2013

authors: Butel-Simoes G I, Spigelman A D

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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 Wales

DOI: 10.1007/s10689-013-9640-0

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