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Cowden syndrome CT scan

Introduction

Overview

Overview

Head and neck CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of cowden syndrome. Findings on CT scan suggestive of cowden syndrome include enlarged thyroid lobes and calcifications.

CT scan

CT scan

Neck CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of cowden syndrome. Findings on CT scan suggestive of cowden syndrome include:[1][2]

Thyroid gland in Cowden syndrome
Thyroid gland in Cowden syndrome– Case courtesy Zishuo Ian Hu At El[3]

Head CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of cowden syndrome. Findings on CT scan suggestive of cowden syndrome include:[4][5]

Meningioma
Meningioma in Cowden syndrome– Case courtesy Maria Angela Gosein Et Al[6]
References

References

  1. ↑ Hu, Zishuo Ian; Bangiyev, Lev; Seidman, Roberta J.; Cohen, Jules A. (2015). “Dysphagia and Neck Swelling in a Case of Undiagnosed Lhermitte-Duclos Disease and Cowden Syndrome”. Case Reports in Oncological Medicine. 2015: 1–4. doi:10.1155/2015/546297. ISSN 2090-6706.
  2. ↑ Gosein, Maria Angela; Narinesingh, Dylan; Nixon, Cemonne Ann-Alicia Celeste; Goli, Sanjeeva Reddy; Maharaj, Paramanand; Sinanan, Alexander (2016). “Multi-organ benign and malignant tumors: recognizing Cowden syndrome: a case report and review of the literature”. BMC Research Notes. 9 (1). doi:10.1186/s13104-016-2195-z. ISSN 1756-0500.
  3. ↑ “Dysphagia and Neck Swelling in a Case of Undiagnosed Lhermitte-Duclos Disease and Cowden Syndrome”.
  4. ↑ Hu, Zishuo Ian; Bangiyev, Lev; Seidman, Roberta J.; Cohen, Jules A. (2015). “Dysphagia and Neck Swelling in a Case of Undiagnosed Lhermitte-Duclos Disease and Cowden Syndrome”. Case Reports in Oncological Medicine. 2015: 1–4. doi:10.1155/2015/546297. ISSN 2090-6706.
  5. ↑ Gosein, Maria Angela; Narinesingh, Dylan; Nixon, Cemonne Ann-Alicia Celeste; Goli, Sanjeeva Reddy; Maharaj, Paramanand; Sinanan, Alexander (2016). “Multi-organ benign and malignant tumors: recognizing Cowden syndrome: a case report and review of the literature”. BMC Research Notes. 9 (1). doi:10.1186/s13104-016-2195-z. ISSN 1756-0500.
  6. ↑ “Multi-organ benign and malignant tumors: recognizing Cowden syndrome: a case report and review of the literature”.

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