Gardner's Syndrome

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Gardner's syndrome
Gardner's syndrome is a genetic disorder characterized by the presence of multiple polyps in the colon together with tumors outside the colon. The extracolonic tumors may include osteomas of the skull, thyroid cancerepidermoid cystsfibromas and sebaceous cysts. The countless polyps in the colon predispose to the development of colon cancer.
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gardner's syndrome
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This is a variant of Familial adenomattous polyposis.In this there are,in addition to adenomatosis, mesodermal tumours (e.g. dermoid tumours, osteomas of the skull) and pigmented occular fundal lesions.


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