loading...| Preferred Name |
Lynch syndrome |
| ID |
http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_144 |
| definition |
A rare inherited cancer-predisposing syndrome characterized by predisposition to a wide variety of cancers, including neoplasms of the digestive tract, urinary tract, kidney, endometrium, ovary, brain, and prostate, as well as sebaceous skin tumors, depending on the gene involved. Tumors may occur at any age but often arise in young people. Factors influencing individual tumor risk include sex, age, affected gene, and personal history of cancer. |
| definition_citation |
Orphanet |
| expertlink |
https://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?lng=en&Expert=144 |
| has_age_of_onset |
Adult |
| has_inheritance |
Autosomal dominant |
| hasDbXref |
OMIM:614350 MeSH:D003123 OMIM:613244 OMIM:614331 OMIM:614385 OMIM:614337 MedDRA:10051981 ICD-10:D48.9 OMIM:120435 OMIM:609310 |
| label |
Lynch syndrome |
| notation |
ORPHA:144 |
| part_of | |
| prefixIRI |
ORDO:Orphanet_144 |
| prefLabel |
Lynch syndrome |
| present_in |
Worldwide AND has_point_prevalence_range : Unknown |
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| subClassOf |