A Case of Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome Presenting With an Inoperable Periampullary Tumor

Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is a syndrome characterized by multiple hamartomatous polyps in the gastrointestinal system and melanin pigments accumulating in the skin and mucous membranes. Patients with PJS have an increased risk of gastrointestinal malignancies. In this syndrome, pancreatic cancer...

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Autores principales: Ergenç, Muhammer, Uprak, Tevfik Kıvılcım
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Gastroenterology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8105654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33972912
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14359
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description Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is a syndrome characterized by multiple hamartomatous polyps in the gastrointestinal system and melanin pigments accumulating in the skin and mucous membranes. Patients with PJS have an increased risk of gastrointestinal malignancies. In this syndrome, pancreatic cancer is primarily detected in older ages. In this article, we present a case of a patient with an unresectable periampullary tumor and PJS.
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spelling pubmed-81056542021-05-09 A Case of Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome Presenting With an Inoperable Periampullary Tumor Ergenç, Muhammer Uprak, Tevfik Kıvılcım Cureus Gastroenterology Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is a syndrome characterized by multiple hamartomatous polyps in the gastrointestinal system and melanin pigments accumulating in the skin and mucous membranes. Patients with PJS have an increased risk of gastrointestinal malignancies. In this syndrome, pancreatic cancer is primarily detected in older ages. In this article, we present a case of a patient with an unresectable periampullary tumor and PJS. Cureus 2021-04-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8105654/ /pubmed/33972912 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14359 Text en Copyright © 2021, Ergenç et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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A Case of Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome Presenting With an Inoperable Periampullary Tumor
title A Case of Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome Presenting With an Inoperable Periampullary Tumor
title_full A Case of Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome Presenting With an Inoperable Periampullary Tumor
title_fullStr A Case of Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome Presenting With an Inoperable Periampullary Tumor
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title_short A Case of Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome Presenting With an Inoperable Periampullary Tumor
title_sort case of peutz-jeghers syndrome presenting with an inoperable periampullary tumor
topic Gastroenterology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8105654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33972912
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14359
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