Cronkhite-Canada syndrome


Cronk·hite-Can·a·da syn·drome

(kron'kīt kan'ă-dă), [MIM*175500] a sporadically occurring syndrome of gastrointestinal polyps with diffuse alopecia and nail dystrophy; probably not genetic.

Canada,

Wilma Jeanne, 20th century U.S. radiologist. Cronkhite-Canada syndrome - see under Cronkhite

Cronkhite,

Leonard W., Jr., U.S. physician, 1919–. Cronkhite-Canada syndrome - a sporadically occurring syndrome of gastrointestinal polyps with diffuse alopecia and nail dystrophy.