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==Overview== | |||
Screening for sporadic hamartomas is not recommended. However, in case of familial inheritance hamartoses screening at early age is recommended. | |||
==Screening== | |||
Screening on familial hamartoma syndromes should include:<ref name="pmid11073535">{{cite journal |vauthors=Eng C |title=Will the real Cowden syndrome please stand up: revised diagnostic criteria |journal=J. Med. Genet. |volume=37 |issue=11 |pages=828–30 |year=2000 |pmid=11073535 |pmc=1734465 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
*Annual thyroid ultrasound and skin check with physical examination. | |||
*Monthly breast self-examination; annual breast and endometrial screening (Mammogram,transvaginal ultrasound, biopsy, MRI may also be incorporated) | |||
*Colonoscopy | |||
*Renal imaging | |||
==References== | ==References== |
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Overview
Screening for sporadic hamartomas is not recommended. However, in case of familial inheritance hamartoses screening at early age is recommended.
Screening
Screening on familial hamartoma syndromes should include:[1]
- Annual thyroid ultrasound and skin check with physical examination.
- Monthly breast self-examination; annual breast and endometrial screening (Mammogram,transvaginal ultrasound, biopsy, MRI may also be incorporated)
- Colonoscopy
- Renal imaging