Preferred Label : Cowden Syndrome;
NCIt synonyms : Cowden's Disease; Ruvalcaba-Myhre-Smith Syndrome;
NCIt related terms : multiple hamartoma syndrome; Cowden disease;
NCIt definition : An autosomal dominant hereditary syndrome characterized by a variety of hamartomas
and neoplasms including verrucous skin lesions, fibromas of the oral cavity, facial
trichilemmomas, hamartomatous colonic polyps, thyroid neoplasms, breast cancer, and
dysplastic gangliocytomas of the cerebellum.;
Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: An inherited disorder marked by the formation of many noncancerous growths
called hamartomas. These growths occur in the skin, breast, thyroid, colon, intestines,
and inside of the mouth. Patients with Cowden syndrome are at increased risk of certain
types of cancer, including breast and thyroid.;
Codes from synonyms : CDR0000641941; CDR0000641943; CDR0000641942;
Origin ID : C3076;
UMLS CUI : C0018553;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
DO Cross reference
Semantic type(s)
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
associated_with_malfunction_of_gene_product
concept_is_in_subset
disease_has_associated_disease
disease_has_associated_gene
disease_has_finding
disease_has_molecular_abnormality
disease_mapped_to_gene
disease_may_have_associated_disease
related_to_genetic_biomarker