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Diagnostic difficulty in Peutz–Jeghers syndrome

Author(s) -

Jenifer Loureiro,

Gian Luigi Martins Menegazzo,

Lucas B. Vergamini,

Roberto Carmagnani Pestana,

Fernanda Bellotti Formiga,

Marcella Guilherme Carolino de Sousa,

Thais Yuka Takahashi,

Felipe Martins Silveira,

Paulo de Azeredo Passos Candelária,

Dino Martini Filho,

Fang Chia Bin

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of coloproctology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.167

H-Index - 11

eISSN - 2317-6423

pISSN - 2237-9363

DOI - 10.1016/j.jcol.2014.08.012

Subject(s) - pathognomonic , peutz–jeghers syndrome , medicine , dermatology , family history , biopsy , disease , pathology , radiology

A case of diagnostic difficulty facing the patient with colonic polyposis secondary to Peutz–Jeghers syndrome, but without family history and pathognomonic clinical features of the disease, is illustrated. The exams, including biopsy, led to diagnostic uncertainty and the definitive diagnosis was characterized in therapeutic of exception

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