Lynch syndrome

Lynch syndrome is a rare hereditary disease. It is due to inherited mutations in an autosomal pattern which means that if one parent is affected, the risk of being self-bearer of the disease is 50%.

Lynch syndrome occurs in families affected by the early onset of certain cancers. These are mainly colorectal cancers but also, among women, endometrial cancer and ovarian cancers.

Tests for diagnosing:

• Colonoscopy

• Hysteroscopy

• Hysterosonography

• Ultrasound

Treatment:

Surgery: segmental colectomy