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Cowden syndrome: what oncology nurses need to know about increased risk of developing certain cancers.
[cowden syndrome]
Cowden
syndrome
(
CS
)
is
a
genetic
disorder
characterized
by
multiple
benign
tissue
growths
(
i
.
e
.
,
hamartomas
)
and
an
increased
risk
of
developing
specific
cancers
,
such
as
breast
,
thyroid
,
kidney
,
endometrial
,
or
colorectal
cancer
(
Genetics
Home
Reference
,
2012
)
.
This
genetic
syndrome
was
named
after
a
person
diagnosed
with
the
disorder
(
Lloyd
&
Dennis
,
1963
)
.
CS
is
part
of
a
larger
syndrome
called
PTEN
hamartomatous
syndrome
,
which
also
includes
Bannayan-
Riley
-
Ruvalcaba
syndrome
,
PTEN
-related
Proteus
syndrome
,
and
Proteus-like
syndrome
(
Eng
,
2014
)
.
Diseases
Validation
Diseases presenting
"cancer"
symptom
achondroplasia
acute rheumatic fever
adrenal incidentaloma
alpha-thalassemia
benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis
cadasil
canavan disease
carcinoma of the gallbladder
cholangiocarcinoma
coats disease
congenital adrenal hyperplasia
congenital diaphragmatic hernia
cowden syndrome
cushing syndrome
cutaneous mastocytosis
dedifferentiated liposarcoma
dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa
epidermolysis bullosa simplex
erdheim-chester disease
erythropoietic protoporphyria
esophageal adenocarcinoma
esophageal carcinoma
esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia
familial mediterranean fever
gm1 gangliosidosis
heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis
hirschsprung disease
hodgkin lymphoma, classical
inclusion body myositis
junctional epidermolysis bullosa
kabuki syndrome
kallmann syndrome
kindler syndrome
lamellar ichthyosis
liposarcoma
locked-in syndrome
lymphangioleiomyomatosis
monosomy 21
neuralgic amyotrophy
oculocutaneous albinism
oligodontia
oral submucous fibrosis
papillon-lefèvre syndrome
pendred syndrome
pleomorphic liposarcoma
primary effusion lymphoma
proteus syndrome
pyomyositis
pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency
severe combined immunodeficiency
sneddon syndrome
systemic capillary leak syndrome
triple a syndrome
von hippel-lindau disease
waldenström macroglobulinemia
well-differentiated liposarcoma
werner syndrome
wiskott-aldrich syndrome
wolf-hirschhorn syndrome
x-linked adrenoleukodystrophy
This symptom has already been validated