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A solitary peutz-jeghers type hamartomatous polyp in the duodenum — A case report—

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A 56-yr-old woman with a solitary hamartomatous polyp confined to within the third portion of the duodenum, underwent a successful endoscopic polypectomy. The histological findings were identical to Peutz-Jeghers polyp but all the other clinical features of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome were absent.

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  1. The Second Department of Surgery School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, 45-1, 7-chome Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, 814-01, Fukuoka, Japan

    Hideaki Naitoh MD, Yoshiaki Sumiyoshi, Ryunosuke Kumashiro & Sadamitsu Inutsuka

  2. First Department of Pathology School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, 45-1, 7-chome Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, 814-01, Fukuoka, Japan

    Kouichi Fujita & Tsutomu Yamamoto

  3. First Department of Pathology School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, 45-1, 7-chome Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, 814-01, Fukuoka, Japan

    Hiroshi Murayama

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Naitoh, H., Sumiyoshi, Y., Kumashiro, R. et al. A solitary peutz-jeghers type hamartomatous polyp in the duodenum — A case report—. The Japanese Journal of Surgery 18, 475–477 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02471476

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