Seo Jeong Ah, Kim Kyu Jong, Shin Eun Kyung, Lee Eun Mi, Moon Won, Park Moo In, Kim Young Ok, Park Seun Ja
Departments of Internal Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine, 34 Anam-dong, Seo-gu, Busan, Korea.
Korean J Gastroenterol. 2007 Mar;49(3):183-6.
Cowden's disease, also known as various hamartomatous malformations of multiple organs, is a rare autosomal dominant disorder. The most important feature of Cowden's disease is its frequent association with malignant neoplasm, particularly in the breast and thyroid gland. Cowden's disease with malignant neoplasms is quite rare in Korea so far. We report a case of Cowden's disease associated with breast cancer in a 41-year-old female who underwent routine health cheek-up.
考登病,也被称为多器官的各种错构瘤畸形,是一种罕见的常染色体显性疾病。考登病最重要的特征是其常与恶性肿瘤相关,尤其是在乳腺和甲状腺。到目前为止,伴有恶性肿瘤的考登病在韩国相当罕见。我们报告一例41岁接受常规健康检查的女性患考登病并伴有乳腺癌的病例。