Manifestaciones mucocutáneas del Síndrome de Cowden. Presentación de un caso clínico
- Martínez Sánchez, María del Mar
- Leco Berrocal, Isabel
- Fernández Cáliz, Fernando
- Barona Dorado, Cristina
- Martínez-González, José María
ISSN: 1697-6398, 1697-641X
Year of publication: 2011
Volume: 8
Issue: 3
Pages: 71-75
Type: Article
More publications in: Científica dental: Revista científica de formación continuada
Abstract
The Cowden Syndrome is an autosomal dominant hereditary rare disease that is characterized by the presence of multiple mucocutaneous lesions of early appearance and by the existence of hamartomas in multiple locations of the body among which stand out preferentially the intestine, breast and thyroid. The importance of this syndrome resides in the high degree of malignization of the tumours that appear especially in the breast and thyroid. The dentist must be capable of diagnosing it early through the oral lesions that occur from very early ages in the individuals that suffer it and that can be a reason for consultation by them. A clinical case is presented in which the patient with this syndromic affectation was not diagnosed until 38 years of age but whose mucocutaneous alterations began years before.