J Korean Soc Radiol. 2009 Apr;60(4):279-282. Korean.
Published online Apr 30, 2009.
Copyright © 2009 The Korean Society of Radiology
Case Report

Breast Cancer in Cowden Syndrome: A Case Report

Mi Hee Jung, M.D.
    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Gospel Hospital, College of Medicine, Kosin University, Busan, Korea.

Abstract

Cowden syndrome is rare condition with characteristic multiple hamartoma and mucocutaneous lesions. It is important for radiologists to be aware of Cowden syndrome because the patients with this disease have an increased risk for the occurrence of breast cancer. We report here on a case of invasive breast cancer in a 36-year-old female patient with Cowden syndrome.

Keywords
Harmatoma syndrome, multiple; Breast neoplasms


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