Taber's Medical Dictionary
Cowden disease, Cowden syndrome
(kowd′ĕn )
[ Cowden, family name of first patient described]
1. An inherited disorder that produces breast, endometrial, and thyroid cancers. SEE: Multiple hamartoma.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Cowden Disease, Cowden Syndrome." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742632/0/Cowden_disease_Cowden_syndrome.
Cowden disease, Cowden syndrome. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742632/0/Cowden_disease_Cowden_syndrome. Accessed April 23, 2026.
Cowden disease, Cowden syndrome. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742632/0/Cowden_disease_Cowden_syndrome
Cowden Disease, Cowden Syndrome [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 23]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742632/0/Cowden_disease_Cowden_syndrome.
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