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Arch Surg
; 116(4): 476-7, 1981 Apr.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7213006
RESUMO
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum and polyposis coli are inherited conditions not, to our knowledge, previously reported to coexist. The spontaneous appearance of both conditions in a 62-year-old woman may represent a novel mutation. The defective cell in both pseudoxanthoma and some of the extracolonic manifestations of Gardner's syndrome is the fibroblast; therefore, this case may represent a unique variation of Gardner's syndrome.