Peutz-Jeghers syndrome: capsule endoscopy to stage disease
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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome: capsule endoscopy to stage disease.
Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Unit, Department of Pediatrics (Prof H Antunes MD, J Nascimento MD) and Department of Gastroenterology (P Peixoto MD), Braga Hospital, Braga, Portugal; Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal (Prof H Antunes); and ICVS/3B’s— PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, ...
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Introduction Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is characterized by: (i) autosomal dominant inheritance; (ii) cutaneous pigmentation; (iii) gastro-intestinal polyposis. In all, more than 300 cases have been described with a world-wide distribution and no racial predilection. In 1921 Peutz described 7 cases of multiple intestinal polyps associated with melanin spots on the lips, buccal mucosa and digi...
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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is an inherited disorder which usually debuts during childhood. It is characterized by mucocutaneous pigmentation and hamartomatous polyps in the gastrointestinal tract. Numerous reports indicate a high incidence of gastrointestinal and extraintestinal cancer in these patients, their appearance at a young age, as well as its association with ovarian and testicular tumors....
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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS, MIM 175,2000) is a disease of autosomal dominant inheritance that is characterised by hamartomatous gastrointestinal polyps and mucocutaneous pigmentation. In addition to problems such as intussusception, PJS predisposes to cancers of several sites. The unusual combination of clinical features makes the identification of the defect underlying PJS particularly intere...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(12)60830-7