Cowden syndrome presenting as breast cancer: imaging and clinical features.

[cowden syndrome]

Cowden syndrome is an uncommon , autosomal dominant disease which is characterized by multiple hamartomas of the skin , mucous membrane , brain , breast , thyroid , and gastrointestinal tract . The diagnosis of Cowden syndrome implicates an increased risk of developing breast cancer . We report a case of a 22 -year -old woman with Cowden syndrome that presented as breast cancer with concomitant bilateral exuberant benign masses in both breasts .

Diseases
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Diseases presenting "gastrointestinal tract" symptom

benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis

carcinoma of the gallbladder

cowden syndrome

cutaneous mastocytosis

dedifferentiated liposarcoma

epidermolysis bullosa simplex

erdheim-chester disease

esophageal adenocarcinoma

esophageal carcinoma

familial mediterranean fever

hirschsprung disease

malignant atrophic papulosis

megacystis-microcolon-intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome

proteus syndrome

pyomyositis

triple a syndrome

waldenström macroglobulinemia

well-differentiated liposarcoma

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