Korean J Gastrointest Endosc.  2001 Apr;22(4):220-224.

A Case of Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome with Multiple Intussusception and Rectal Adenocarcinoma

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea. sjkim@chonnam.ac.kr
  • 2Department of General Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea

Abstract

Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is a rare disease of autosomal dominant inheritance, which is characterized by hamartomatous gastrointestinal polyps and mucocutaneous melanin pigmentation. PJS often presents as surgical emergen cies with complications of the polyps, such as intussusception, small bowel obstruction, bleeding and volvulus. Intussusception caused by PJS polyps is often observed in the small bowel, but intussusception which involving small and large bowel concommittantly is not so much. The association between PJS and an increased risk for cancer has been controversial. Recent studies have shown PJS have a increased risk for both gastrointestinal and extraintestinal cancer. We report a case of PJS with rectal adenocarcinoma and multiple intussusceptions involving small and large bowel concommittantly.

Keyword

Peutz-Jeghers syndrome; Intussusception; Rectal adenocarcinoma

MeSH Terms

Adenocarcinoma*
Hemorrhage
Intestinal Volvulus
Intussusception*
Melanins
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome*
Pigmentation
Polyps
Rare Diseases
Wills
Melanins
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