Synonyms
- Brain tumor-polyposis syndrome
- Glioma-polyposis syndrome
- OMIM currently includes "Turcot syndrome" under Mismatch repair cancer syndrome. Turcot syndrome is the association between familial polyposis of the colon and brain tumors like medulloblastoma, malignant glioma. It was first reported by Canadian surgeon Jacques Turcot (1914- ) et al. in 1959 and hence carries the first author's name.
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