Peutz Jegher syndrome with multiple endocrinal failures
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Peroperative enteroscopy and polypectomy in Peutz-Jegher syndrome.
We report a 32-year-old who lady when presented with anemia and was detected to have Peutz-Jegher syndrome. She had malignancies of the colon and ovary over a 2-year follow up and was successfully managed. On screening the family two more members were confirmed to have Peutz-Jeghers syndrome and have been put on surveillance.
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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is an inherited disorder which usually debuts during childhood. It is characterized by mucocutaneous pigmentation and hamartomatous polyps in the gastrointestinal tract. Numerous reports indicate a high incidence of gastrointestinal and extraintestinal cancer in these patients, their appearance at a young age, as well as its association with ovarian and testicular tumors....
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عنوان ژورنال: Endocrine Abstracts
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1479-6848
DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.32.p507