On February 8, 9, 10 and 15, the trial of Paco Sanz for pretend to have over 2,000 tumors to scam. The prosecutor says that the accused, pretending that he had only a few months to live, managed to collect in seven years 264,780 euros asking for financial aid through social networks and even in the media to try to get an experimental treatment in the United States, because in Spain it did not exist, a disease that actually had no imminent life risk.
In 2009, he was diagnosed with ‘Cowden Syndrome’. Paco Sanz he took advantage of his illness, according to the prosecutor, and concocted a plan to obtain an illicit financial gain between 2010 and February 2017. During this time, he made people believe through the use of social networks and the media that his illness had a much greater gravity than it actually had.
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It is a hereditary disease characterized by multiple, non-cancerous tumors (called hamartomas) in various parts of the body.
As described by the National Cancer Institute of the United States, symptom They usually begin before age 30 and include a large head (macrocephaly), benign tumors of the hair follicle, and white blisters with a smooth surface in the mouth (papillomatous papules).
Cowden syndrome is part of a group of diseases called «síndrome de tumor hamartoma PTEN» which also includes Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome and Proteus syndrome. People affected by Cowden syndrome have a increased risk of developing certain types of cancer, such as breast, thyroid, and endometrial (lining of the uterus) cancer. For this reason, a follow-up should be done with periodic examinations to detect cancers that may be associated with the disease, or prophylactic or preventive surgeries should be performed.
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