Muir-Torre syndrome


Tor·re syn·drome

(tor'ē), multiple sebaceous gland adenomas associated with multiple visceral malignancies, often colorectal carcinoma. Synonym(s): Muir-Torre syndrome

Tor·re syn·drome

(tor'ē), multiple sebaceous gland adenomas associated with multiple visceral malignancies, often colorectal carcinoma. Synonym(s): Muir-Torre syndrome

Muir-Torre syndrome

(myo͝or′tôr′ā, -ē)n. An autosomal dominant condition characterized by multiple tumors of the sebaceous glands and one or more visceral malignancies, especially of the gastrointestinal tract.

Muir-Torre syndrome

A rare autosomal-dominant condition, formally defined as > 1 sebaceous skin tumour (e.g., sebaceous proliferation, sebaceoma), and > 1 internal (visceral) malignancy (e.g., colorectal, bladder, renal pelvis, breast, endometrial, haematologic, lung).
 
The skin tumours that develop in MTS are atypical and low-grade, not metastatic, and are cured by excision.

Muir-Torre syndrome

A condition characterized by multiple internal CAs–colon, bladder, lung, sebaceous proliferation, and keratoacanthomas

Muir,

Edward G., English surgeon, 1906-1973. Muir-Torre syndrome - Synonym(s): Torre syndrome

Torre,

Douglas P., U.S. dermatologist, 1919–. Muir-Torre syndrome - Synonym(s): Torre syndromeTorre syndrome - multiple sebaceous gland neoplasms associated with multiple visceral malignancies. Synonym(s): Muir-Torre syndrome