Saturday, March 17, 2007

Cowden’s Disease

Cowden’s Disease

General: Autosomal dominant; PTNE gene; tumor suppressor gene

Ocular: Cataract; angoid streaks; myopia; multiple trichilemmomas of eyelids

Clinical: Malignancies of breast, thyroid, ovary, uterus, colon or bladder; seizures; tremor; mental retardation; cerebellar gangliocytoma

Kiratli H, Sonmez B, Bilgic S, et al. Multiple astrocytic hamartoas in bilateral retina. Can J Ophthalmo. 2004; 39: 662-3

Sawada T, Okada T, Miwa K, et al. Two novel mutations of PTEN gene in Japanese patients with Cowden’s disease. Am J Genet A 2004; 128: 12-4.

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