Endopancreatic Bile Duct Cholangiocarcinoma in a Patient with Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome

Extra-ampullary Peutz–Jeghers polyp causing duodenal intussusception leading to biliary obstruction: a case report

BACKGROUND Duodenal Peutz-Jeghers polyp is a rare cause of duodenal or biliary obstruction. However, a sporadic Peutz-Jeghers polyp leading to simultaneous biliary and duodenal obstruction has not been reported. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of a 25-year-old Sri Lankan woman presenting with features of recurrent upper small intestinal obstruction and biliary obstruction. She had clinical...

Solitary Peutz-Jeghers-type hamartomatous polyp as a cause of recurrent acute pancreatitis.

a diagnosis of acute pancreatitis. The patient had experienced abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. In the 2 months prior to admission, he had been admitted and treated for acute pancreatitis twice in another hospital. He had no history of alcohol intake or habitual drug use. The physical examination was unremarkable except for epigastric tenderness, but his amylase level was markedly raised (...

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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome and metastasising colonic adenocarcinoma.

A case of metastasising colonic carcinoma associated with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome in a 39 year old man is described. The caecal adenocarcinoma had metastasised widely to regional lymph nodes and was associated with several other colonic Peutz-Jeghers polyps, showing no evidence of dysplasia or malignancy. It was not possible to determine whether the carcinoma had arisen from a Peutz-Jeghers poly...

Jejunoduodenal intussusception caused by a solitary polyp in a woman with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome: a case report

INTRODUCTION Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by hamartomatous polyps and characteristic mucocutaneous pigmentation. The hamartomatous polyps of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome can cause intestinal occlusion, especially in the small intestine. Intussusception is seen frequently in children, but rarely in adults. CASE PRESENTATION We present the case of a 21-ye...