3627 Background: PHTS consists of a group of familial disorders associated with germline mutations of the PTEN gene. Cowden syndrome is the most common phenotype. Affected patients develop a variety ...

In this report, we document, for the first time, leiomyomatosis-like lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) of the ascending, transverse, and descending colon in association with bilateral renal ...

Elderly patients with advanced colon cancer are more likely to develop bowel obstruction with proximal, mucinous, high-grade tumors of a high nodal stage, according to recent results. In a ...

Conclusions: This is the largest series from a single institution to examine the colonic manifestations of PHTS. Our findings suggest that germline mutations in the PTEN gene are associated with a ...