A Case of Hamartomatous Polyp without Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome Arising from Appendix / 대한소화기내시경학회지
Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
;
: 36-40, 2010.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-158693
ABSTRACT
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is a familial syndrome consisting of mucocutaneous pigmentation and gastrointestinal polyposis and appears to be inherited as a single pleiotropic autosomal dominant gene with variable and incomplete penetrance. Cases of hamartomatous polyps of the Peutz-Jeghers type without Peutz-Jeghers syndrome have only rarely been reported. Moreover, only one case of a Peutz-Jeghers polyp at the appendix has been reported; it was resected by appendectomy. We report here on a case of a 45 year old man who had a hamartomatous polyp of the Peutz-Jeghers type arising from the appendix. The polyp was successfully removed by endoscopic polypectomy. To our knowledge, this is the first case of a hamartomatous polyp of the Peutz-Jeghers type that originated from the appendix and that was resected endoscopically.
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Main subject:
Appendectomy
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Appendix
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Polyps
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Pigmentation
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Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
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Penetrance
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Genes, Dominant
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Year:
2010
Type:
Article
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