Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

This report describes a case of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome in a 17-year-old Bahraini male patient who presented with recurrent attacks of abdominal pain with distinctive melanin pigmentation of the lips, buccal mucosa, palms of the hands and soles of the feet. This was associated with iron deficiency anaemia and multiple hamartomatous polyps in the gastro-intestinal tract. The main purpose of this communication is to draw the attention of the clinician to the existence of this condition in Bahrain and to stress the clinical features, the radiological findings and the pathological diagnosis