Gardner's syndrome: a case report and review of the literature.

Citation:

Fotiadis C, Tsekouras D-K, Antonakis P, Sfiniadakis J, Genetzakis M, Zografos G-C. Gardner's syndrome: a case report and review of the literature. World J Gastroenterol. 2005;11(34):5408-11. Copy at http://www.tinyurl.com/ysr97jqs

Abstract:

Gardner's syndrome is an autosomal dominant disease characterized by the presence of colonic polyposis, osteomas and a multitude of soft tissue tumors. The syndrome may present at any age from 2 mo to 70 years with a variety of symptoms, either colonic or extracolonic. We present a case of a 11-year-old female patient with Gardner's syndrome who presented with a lumbar area desmoid tumor and treated with resection of the desmoid, restorative proctocolectomy and ileal pouch anal anastomosis, A review of the current literature has been performed.