Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome: Gastric Involvement Diagnosed by MDCT

Chronkhite-Canada is a rare nonfamilial polyposis syndrome that usually presents as chronic malabsorption in adults. We present a case of a-73-year old woman with chronic gastrointestinal bleeding and malnutrition. On CT imaging she was found to have massive gastric polyps, which on biopsy was most...

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Autores principales: Samet, Jonathan D., Horton, Karen M., Fishman, Elliot K., Iacobuzio-Donahue, Christine A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2009
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2729239/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19721708
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/148795
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Sumario:Chronkhite-Canada is a rare nonfamilial polyposis syndrome that usually presents as chronic malabsorption in adults. We present a case of a-73-year old woman with chronic gastrointestinal bleeding and malnutrition. On CT imaging she was found to have massive gastric polyps, which on biopsy was most consistent with Cronkhite-Canada syndrome.

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