Peutz–Jeghers syndrome revealed by recurrent small bowel intussusceptions in children: A case report

Peutz–Jeghers syndrome is a rare but potentially life‐threating syndrome. We report here the case of a young girl who presented recurrent small bowel intussusceptions. Laparotomy exploration showed many jejunal polyps leading to jejunojejunal intussusceptions. These were removed via mini enterotomie...

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Autores principales: Rahma, Chtourou, Najoua, Ben Kraiem, Mohamed, Zouari, Manel, Mellouli, Rim, Dghaies, Mahdi, Ben Dhaou, Tahya, Sellami Boudawara, Riadh, Mhiri
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9475123/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36177085
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6354
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Sumario:Peutz–Jeghers syndrome is a rare but potentially life‐threating syndrome. We report here the case of a young girl who presented recurrent small bowel intussusceptions. Laparotomy exploration showed many jejunal polyps leading to jejunojejunal intussusceptions. These were removed via mini enterotomies and pathological examination concluded to Peutz–Jeghers polyps.

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