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Other names people use for this condition
  • Gardner's syndrome
  • Polyposis coli and multiple hard and soft tissue tumors
  • Intestinal polyposis, osteomas, sebaceous cysts

Gardner syndrome
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Gardner syndrome is a rare, genetic disorder characterized by multiple growths (polyps) in the colon (often 1,000 or more), extra teeth (supernumerary), bony tumors of the skull (osteomas), and fatty cysts and/or fibrous tumors in the skin (fibromas or epithelial cysts). Gardner syndrome is a variant of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), a rare group of disorders characterized by the growth of multiple polyps in the colon.[1]

References
  1. Gardner syndrome. National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD). 2000 Available at: http://www.rarediseases.org/search/rdbdetail_abstract.html?disname=Gardner%20Syndrome. Accessed September 9, 2008.

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