Cronkhite-Canada syndrome

Cronk·hite-Can·a·da syn·drome

(kron'kīt kan'ă-dă), [MIM*175500]

a sporadically occurring syndrome of gastrointestinal polyps with diffuse alopecia and nail dystrophy; probably not genetic.

Cronkhite-Canada syndrome

[krong′kīt]

Etymology: Leonard W. Cronkhite, American physician, b. 1919; Wilma J. Canada, twentieth-century American radiologist

an abnormal familial condition characterized by GI polyposis accompanied by ectodermal defects, such as nail atrophy, alopecia, and excessive skin pigmentation. In some individuals it is also accompanied by protein-losing enteropathy, malabsorption, and deficiency of blood calcium, potassium, and magnesium.

Canada,

Wilma Jeanne, 20th century U.S. radiologist.

Cronkhite-Canada syndrome - see under Cronkhite

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Cronkhite,

Leonard W., Jr., U.S. physician, 1919–.

Cronkhite-Canada syndrome - a sporadically occurring syndrome of gastrointestinal polyps with diffuse alopecia and nail dystrophy.