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KMID : 0359020100410010036
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Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2010 Volume.41 No. 1 p.36 ~ p.40
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A Case of Hamartomatous Polyp without Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome Arising from Appendix
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Sohn Wee-Sik
Park Ju-Sang
Kim Ji-Eun
Kim Bong-Hwan
Yoo Seung-Hee
Han Eun-Mi
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Abstract
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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is a familial syndrome consisting of mucocutaneous pigmentation and gastrointestinal polyposis and appears to be inherited as a single pleiotropic autosomal dominant gene with variable and incomplete penetrance. Cases of hamartomatous polyps of the Peutz-Jeghers type without Peutz-Jeghers syndrome have only rarely been reported. Moreover, only one case of a Peutz-Jeghers polyp at the appendix has been reported; it was resected by appendectomy. We report here on a case of a 45 year old man who had a hamartomatous polyp of the Peutz-Jeghers type arising from the appendix. The polyp was successfully removed by endoscopic polypectomy. To our knowledge, this is the first case of a hamartomatous polyp of the Peutz-Jeghers type that originated from the appendix and that was resected endoscopically.
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KEYWORD
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Hamartomatous polyp, Peutz-Jeghers type, Appendix, Endoscopic polypectomy
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