A case with Some Components of Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome in a Family with Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome

A case with some components of Cronkhite-Canada syndrome such as onycholdystrophy, a large amount of diarrhea, hypoproteinemia and hypoalbuminemia in a 16 year-old man with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome was studied. His family members were conirmed to have Peutz-Jeghers syndrome by biopsy of polyps in the...

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Autores principales: Kang, Young Woo, Park, Soong Kook, Kim, Hong, Bae, Ok Suk, Chang, Eun Sook
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Association of Internal Medicine 1988
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4534955/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3154191
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.1988.3.2.136
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Sumario:A case with some components of Cronkhite-Canada syndrome such as onycholdystrophy, a large amount of diarrhea, hypoproteinemia and hypoalbuminemia in a 16 year-old man with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome was studied. His family members were conirmed to have Peutz-Jeghers syndrome by biopsy of polyps in the rectum and duodenum. This is the first case report of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome associated with some components of Cronkhite-Canada syndrome.

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