Solitary Peutz-Jeghers Type Colorectal Polyp with Hamartoma-adenoma-carcinoma Sequence in a Non-Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome Patient
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Hamartomatous polyps of Peutz-Jeghers are mostly found in patients affected by Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS), but they can be rarely encountered in the general population. It is unclear whether a solitary Peutz-Jeghers polyp (PJP) is an incomplete form of PJS or a separate entity. We report a case of solitary PJP in a paediatric patient in whom the other features of PJS were absent. The patient ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Showa University Journal of Medical Sciences
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0915-6380,2185-0968
DOI: 10.15369/sujms.22.69