Turcot syndrome

Familial colon tumor with multiple tumor syndrome was proposed by Turcot in 1959, so it is also called Turcot syndrome. The disease is characterized by familial colonic polyposis with tumors in other parts of the body. It is usually associated with central nervous system tumors, such as neural tube germinal tissue tumors, glioblastomas, also known as glioma polyposis syndrome. Rarely clinically, it is an autosomal recessive genetic disease.

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