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Monstrous skull osteomas in a probable Gardner's syndrome: case report
J Noterman1, N Massager, M Vloeberghs
1Department of Neurosurgery, Hôpital Universitaire Erasme, Brussels, Belgium.
Background:
Gardner's syndrome includes a clinical triad of familial polyposis coli, osteomas, and soft tissue tumors.
Methods:
We present a very unusual case of probable isolated Gardner's syndrome characterized by extremely voluminous osteomas in the occipital and frontal areas associated with diffuse subcutaneous lipomas and without colic abnormality.
Results:
The neurosurgical management included resection of the osteomas for cosmetic reasons. After a follow-up period of 5 years, the patient remains free of digestive complaints and the resected osteomas did not recur.
Conclusions:
The special clinical presentation of our case of possible Gardner's syndrome is discussed.