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Duodenal cancer in a patient with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome: molecular analysis.
Journal of gastroenterology - 1 Jan 2002
Nakamura Toshio, Suzuki Shohachi, Yokoi Yoshihiro, Kashiwabara Hidefumi, Maruyama Keiji, Baba Satoshi, Nakagawa Hidewaki, Nakamura Satoshi
Abstract excerpt
We experienced an unusual case of duodenal adenocarcinoma associated with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS). A 34-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with abdominal pain. She had been diagnosed as having PJS at 21 years of age, based on the presence of mucocutaneous pigmentation of the lip and fingertips, and colonic hamartomatous polyps. Abdominal computed tomography revealed a tumor in the third portion of...
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