[Gardner syndrome].

The observation of Gardner's syndrome case, in a six year old girl, referred to the hospital for seizures, provides the Authors with the opportunity of reviewing that important subject of the medical and surgical clinical pathology. The diagnostic features and differential diagnosis are described. The current criteria for diagnosis and surveillance of the affected or at risk subjects are outlined. Today the molecular, and, thereafter, the prenatal, neonatal and preclinical diagnosis of the disease, is possible.