Multiple Polyposis of the Colon, Osteomatosis and Soft-Tissue Tumors

Abstract
ON the Surgical Service of the Veterans Administration Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, we have had the opportunity to observe and treat 3 brothers with an unusual combination of abnormalities.In reviewing the literature we have found a similar syndrome described in only 1 other family. It was believed that the case histories of these brothers should be studied and reported in view of the rarity of this disease syndrome.Gardner et al.1 2 3 reported multiple cutaneous and subcutaneous lesions occurring simultaneously with multiple polyposis of the colon and osteomas in 6 members of a family group of 51 living persons. Forty-four . . .