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Peutz-jeghers syndrome associated with adenocarcinoma of the cecum and focal carcinomas in hamartomatous polyps of the colon: A case report

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We report herein a case of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome associated with an adenocarcinoma of the cerum and four focal cancers arising in hamartomatous polyps of the colon. There were a total 27 polyps in the intestine; 4 in the small intestine and the rest in the large intestine. The hamartomatous polyps in which the 4 focal cancers were found showed no component of adenoma, and the other polyps removed from the colon and small intestine at the same time were all hamartomas with no evidence of dysplasia or malignancy. This case was rare in that multiple focal cancers may have arisen directly from the hamartomous polyps of the colon.

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  1. Department of Pathology, National Kyushu Cancer Cancer, 3-1-1, Notame, Minami-ku, 815, Fukuoka, Japan

    Itsurou Hayashi

  2. Department of Radiology, Natioanl Kyushu Cancer Center, 3-1-1, Notame, Minami-ku, 815, Fukuoka, Japan

    Yukiya Okumura

  3. The Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, National Kyushu Cancer Center, 3-1-1, Notame, Minami-ku, 815, Fukuoka, Japan

    Ken Niimi MD, Hirotsugu Tomoda & Motonosuke Furusawa

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Niimi, K., Tomoda, H., Furusawa, M. et al. Peutz-jeghers syndrome associated with adenocarcinoma of the cecum and focal carcinomas in hamartomatous polyps of the colon: A case report. The Japanese Journal of Surgery 21, 220–223 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02470912

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