Giant Gastric Polyp in Peutz–Jeghers Syndrome: Report of a Case

Peutz–Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is inherited as an autosomal dominant disorder presenting as hamartomatous polyps in the small bowel, mucocutaneous pigmentation and with a predisposition to develop cancer. We report a case of PJS, with an adenomatous giant gastric polyp. The purpose is to highlight tha...

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Autores principales: Murali, Divya, Dhua, Anjan Kumar, Jain, Vishesh, Bhatnagar, Veereshwar, Malik, Rohan, Yadav, Rajni
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7478285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32939116
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_54_19
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Sumario:Peutz–Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is inherited as an autosomal dominant disorder presenting as hamartomatous polyps in the small bowel, mucocutaneous pigmentation and with a predisposition to develop cancer. We report a case of PJS, with an adenomatous giant gastric polyp. The purpose is to highlight that adenomatous giant gastric polyp may be an extremely rare presentation of PJS. Awareness of this possibility will help us in not missing out these atypical cases of PJS.

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