Diagnostic difficulty in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

Diagnostic difficulty in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

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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Main Authors: Loureiro,Jenifer, Menegazzo,Gian Luigi, Vergamini,Lucas, Pestana,Roberto Carmagnani, Formiga,Fernanda Bellotti, Sousa,Marcella Guilherme Carolino de, Takahashi,Thais Yuka, Silveira,Felipe, Candelária,Paulo de Azeredo Passos, Martini Filho,Dino, Bin,Fang Chia
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Coloproctologia 2015
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2237-93632015000100067
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