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A case report of a 34-year-old female with the Cronkhite-Canada syndrome is presented. The patient developed the characteristic clinical features of intestinal polyposis, skin pigmentation, alopecia, and onychodystrophy which later resolved. An unusual feature was that symptoms developed during the postpartum period. This is the youngest female patient described with the syndrome. The etiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, and management of the Cronkhite-Canada syndrome are reviewed.
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Peart, A.G., Sivak, M.V., Rankin, G.B. et al. Spontaneous improvement of Cronkhite-Canada syndrome in a postpartum female. Digest Dis Sci 29, 470–474 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01296227
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