Cancer in peutz‐jeghers syndrome

Background. Peutz‐Jeghers (P‐J) syndrome has been found to be associated with an increased risk of malignant neoplasia. Methods. The authors reviewed the clinical courses of eight patients with P‐J syndrome (four male and four female patients, ranging in age from 8 to 55 years), who had been followe...

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Published in:Cancer 1993-11, Vol.72 (9), p.2777-2781
Main Authors: Hizawa, Kazuoki, Iida, Mitsuo, Matsumoto, Takayuki, Kohrogi, Norio, Kinoshita, Hideichirou, Yao, Takashi, Fujishima, Masatoshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
cancer
Child
clinical course
Duodenal Neoplasms - complications
Fatal Outcome
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen
Humans
Male
malignant neoplasia
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Neoplasms - complications
Ovarian Neoplasms - complications
Pancreatic Neoplasms - complications
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome - complications
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome - physiopathology
Peutz‐Jeghers syndrome
Stomach Neoplasms - complications
Stomach. Duodenum. Small intestine. Colon. Rectum. Anus
Tumors
Uterine Neoplasms - complications
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Summary:Background. Peutz‐Jeghers (P‐J) syndrome has been found to be associated with an increased risk of malignant neoplasia. Methods. The authors reviewed the clinical courses of eight patients with P‐J syndrome (four male and four female patients, ranging in age from 8 to 55 years), who had been followed up for as long as 12 years. The diagnosis of this syndrome was based on the evidence of characteristic mucocutaneous pigmentations and gastrointestinal hamartomatous polyposis. Results. Four cases of malignant neoplasm among the eight patients were found. In a 25‐year‐old woman, an extremely well‐differentiated adenocarcinoma of the uterus cervix was found at the initial examination. A gastric cancer in a 32‐year‐old woman, duodenal cancers in a 43‐year‐old man, and a pancreatic cancer in a 60‐year‐old man also were identified 12,10, and 5 years after the time of initial examinations, respectively. Two of these patients died of the effects of the tumor soon after. Conclusion. The authors' experience confirms a veritable malignant potency in P‐J syndrome and suggests that an intensive follow‐up of gastrointestinal and extragastrointestinal sites is needed in patients with this syndrome.
ISSN:0008-543X
1097-0142
DOI:10.1002/1097-0142(19931101)72:9<2777::AID-CNCR2820720940>3.0.CO;2-6