[Costello syndrome: clinical aspects and tumor risk].

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Costello syndrome is a sporadic development anomaly suggesting a genetic determinism. Main features include characteristic facial features, mental retardation, growth retardation, cutis laxa, heart malformation, and peri-orificial papillomata. In previous reported cases, the frequency of tumors is 15%, which argues for a screening protocol. The occurrence of a tumor in a child with growth retardation and cutis...

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