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Development of colon cancer in a patient with longstanding colonic diffuse ganglioneuromatosis: a case report

Colonic diffuse ganglioneuromatosis is an extremely rare disease in which multiple tumors derived from the ganglion cells, nerve fibers, and supporting cells are distributed in the colon. It is generally considered to be a benign neoplastic condition and is occasionally associated with rare heredita...

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Autores principales: Oh, Jin Sun, Hong, Seung Wook, Noh, Jin Hee, Yoon, Jiyoung, Kang, Hyo Jeong, Park, Young Soo, Yang, Dong-Hoon, Byeon, Jeong-Sik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9178138/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33657783
http://dx.doi.org/10.5946/ce.2021.013
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Sumario:Colonic diffuse ganglioneuromatosis is an extremely rare disease in which multiple tumors derived from the ganglion cells, nerve fibers, and supporting cells are distributed in the colon. It is generally considered to be a benign neoplastic condition and is occasionally associated with rare hereditary conditions such as neurofibromatosis type I or multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B. Here, we report a case of a patient in whom colon cancer developed 12 years after the initial diagnosis of colonic diffuse ganglioneuromatosis, which suggests a possible association between colonic diffuse ganglioneuromatosis and colorectal cancer.