ry included a grandfather with small-bowell polyposis, a father with skin melanosis, and a brother diagnosed with PeutzJeghers syndrome. He developed a solitary giant rectal polyp that prolapsed. On physical examination, the most remarkable sign encountered was the presence of hyperpigmented maculae on the face, lips, and oral mucosa (Fig. 1). She was operated on for ileocolic invagination. For...

El síndrome de Peutz-Jeghers es una condición familiar caracterizada por la presencia de manchas cutáneas hiperpigmentadas y poliposis intestinal. La invaginación intestinal es la complicación abdominal más frecuente, pero es muy rara. Éste es el segundo reporte que se comunica en nuestro país. En este artículo presentamos cuatro pacientes que sufrieron el síndrome, que se complicó con invagina...

A 53-year-old male presented with complaints of abdominal pain and weight loss. On physical exam he was noted to have mucocutaneous pigmentation around his lips and oral mucosa. Radiologic and endoscopic investigations demonstrated an obstructing mass in the second portion of the duodenum along with additional smaller soft tissue masses throughout the bowel. Histology of biopsied specimens reve...

Peutz Jeghers syndrome ( PJ S ) is an autosomal dominant disease that combines hamartomatous polyposis ,a periorificial lentiginose and a high risk of associated cancers. We report the observation of a girl 07 years old of personal historyof acute intestinal intussusception occurred a year ago who consults for signs of early puberty and the onset of vaginal bleeding up to 06 months . The child ...

Peutz-Jeghers syndrome was diagnosed in a 51-year-old woman presenting with iron deficiency anaemia. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and colonoscopy revealed several hamartomatous polyps in the stomach, duodenum and colon, which were removed. At a combined surgical-endoscopic procedure, 42 hamartomatous polyps were removed from the small intestine by snare polypectomy. This enteroscopic proced...

Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is an unusual hamartomatous polyposis of the gastro intestinal (GI) tract, with pigmentation around lips and macules on the buccal mucosa. The case of a 10-year-old girl who presented with intussusception is reported. A polyp was found to be the cause of an invagination. Histologically it was a hamartoma. PJS is a rare syndrome inherited in an autosomal dominant pat...