[Lynch syndrome, Muir Torre variant: 2 cases].

Rev Gastroenterol Peru

Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas. Lima, Perú; Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Lima, Perú.

Published: May 2017

Lynch syndrome (LS) is an autosomal-dominant inherited cancer predisposition syndrome caused by germline mutations in DNA mismatch repair genes (MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 or PMS2). Muir-Torre syndrome (MTS) is a phenotypic variant of LS that includes a predisposition to sebaceous glands tumors and keratoacanthomas. We report two patients with MTS, with more than one LS-related cancer, skin lesions, family history of cancer andmicrosatellite instability and immunohistochemistry analysis.

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