Turcot syndrome


Tur·cot syn·drome

(tur-kō'), [MIM*276300] a rare and distinctive form of multiple intestinal polyposis associated with brain tumors; autosomal recessive inheritance, caused by mutation in one of the mismatch repair genes: either MLH1 on chromosome 3p, PMS2 on chromosome 7p, or the adenomatous polyposis coli gene (APC) on 5q.

Tur·cot syn·drome

(tur-kō'), [MIM*276300] a rare and distinctive form of multiple intestinal polyposis associated with brain tumors; autosomal recessive inheritance, caused by mutation in one of the mismatch repair genes: either MLH1 on chromosome 3p, PMS2 on chromosome 7p, or the adenomatous polyposis coli gene (APC) on 5q.

Turcot syndrome

A widely used synonym for what is preferentially termed mismatch repair cancer syndrome, see there.

Turcot syndrome

Oncology A syndrome characterized by multiple colon polyps and brain tumors–eg, ependymoma, glioblastoma, medulloblastoma

Turcot,

Jacques, Canadian surgeon, 1914–. Turcot syndrome - a rare and distinctive form of multiple intestinal polyposis associated with brain tumors.