Polyp Clearance via Operative and Endoscopic Polypectomy in Patients With Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome After Multiple Small Bowel Resections

Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is an autosomal dominant inherited disease that manifests as a combination of mucocutaneous pigmentation and gastrointestinal hamartomatous polyps that usually cause intussusception and intestinal hemorrhage. We report the case of a 40-year-old male patient who was diagnosed 2...

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Published in:Intestinal research 2014, 12(4), , pp.320-327
Main Authors: Lee, Do Hyun, Shin, Hyun Deok, Cho, Woo Hee, Shin, Kyoung Hwang, Lee, Sora, Shin, Jeong Eun, Namgung, Hwan, Gwon, Ji Eun
Format: Article
Language:English
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Case Report
Endoscopy
Intussusception
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
Polypectomy
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Summary:Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is an autosomal dominant inherited disease that manifests as a combination of mucocutaneous pigmentation and gastrointestinal hamartomatous polyps that usually cause intussusception and intestinal hemorrhage. We report the case of a 40-year-old male patient who was diagnosed 20 years ago and had previously undergone 3 intestinal resection surgeries. This time, with the use of combined operative and endoscopic polypectomy, more than 100 polyps were removed. This technique is useful for providing a "clean" small intestine that allows the patient a long interval between laparotomies and reduces the complications associated with multiple laparotomies and resections.
ISSN:1598-9100
2288-1956
DOI:10.5217/ir.2014.12.4.320