Open AccessCRONKHITE‐CANADA SYNDROME ASSOCIATED WITH SIGMOID CANCER
Author(s) -
omura Akitaka,
Ohta Goroku,
Ibata Takayoshi,
Shinozaki Kimihide,
Nishino Tomokatsu
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1980.tb00976.x
Subject(s) - medicine , autopsy , cancer , disease , sigmoid function , pathology , machine learning , artificial neural network , computer science
The case of a 78‐year‐old man with the characteristic clinical and pathologico‐anatomic pictures of the Cronkhite‐Canada syndrome associated with sigmoid cancer is reported. He died ten months after the onset of his diseaee. Autopsy Andings of the patient are described in detail. The other fifty three cases of the syndrome are reviewed, and clinical and pathologico‐anatomic features of the Cronkhite‐Canada syndrome are discussed.