GARDNERS-SYNDROME - CASE-REPORT AND DISCUSSION OF THE MANIFESTATIONS OF THE DISORDER

Extracolonic manifestations of Gardner's syndrome are. common and may precede the detection of colonic polyps. Tc-MDP bone scintigraphy perf ormed on a patient with Gardner's syndrome demonstrated intense uptake of radiotracer within the maxilla and mandible as a result of the den tal anomalies associated with this disorder. Nuclear scintigraphy has a role in the imaging of these patients for skeletal anomalies, the de tection of thyroid carcinoma, and for skeletal metastases when colon c arcinoma is detected.