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ArticleJournal of clinical and experimental dentistry2021

Cowden's syndrome diagnosed through oral lesions: A case report.

Maureen Marshall, Doris Otero, Sven Niklander, René Martínez-Flores

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Article in Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Cowden Syndrome and Oral Lesions: A Case Report Using MLPA.The American journal of case reports · 2025
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maureen MarshallUnit of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad Andres Bello, Calle Quillota 980, torre E, segundo piso, Viña del Mar, Chile.
Doris OteroUnit of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad Andres Bello, Calle Quillota 980, torre E, segundo piso, Viña del Mar, Chile.
Sven NiklanderUnit of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad Andres Bello, Calle Quillota 980, torre E, segundo piso, Viña del Mar, Chile.
René Martínez-FloresUnit of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad Andres Bello, Calle Quillota 980, torre E, segundo piso, Viña del Mar, Chile.
Universidad Andrés Bello · CL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cowden's syndrome (CS), also known as multiple hamartoma syndrome, is a rare autosomal dominant genodermatosis first described in 1963. It has a high penetrance in both sexes and variable phenotypes. Its origin is a PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homologue) gene mutation and affects multiple organs of endodermal, ectodermal, and mesodermal origin, resulting in the development of hamartomatous mucocutaneus lesions and an increased risk for malignancies in breast, thyroid, endometrium, kidney, colon, rectum, among other organs. The diagnosis of CS is based mainly on clinical findings and oral cavity manifestations are frequent, occurring in 80-90% of patients. This include oral and labial papillomatous papules that usually precede the development of malignant tumours. Here, we report a case of a 58-years-old male with a presumptive diagnosis of multiple "pseudofibromas" in the oral cavity that was diagnosed with CS by a dental surgeon through the identification of extra and intraoral lesions, demonstrating the importance of awareness of this entity in the dental community to improve its early diagnosis, which is vital for the early detection and treatment of malignancies.

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