POLYPOSIS - THE PEUTZ-JEGHERS SYNDROME

Authors
SPIGELMAN AD ARESE P PHILLIPS RKS
Citation
Ad. Spigelman et al., POLYPOSIS - THE PEUTZ-JEGHERS SYNDROME, British Journal of Surgery, 82(10), 1995, pp. 1311-1314
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
British Journal of Surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00071323
Volume
82
Issue
10
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1311 - 1314
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1323(1995)82:10<1311:P-TPS>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The classical pigmentation of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome distinguishes it immediately from the other polyposis syndromes. Less widely appreciate d than this most obvious manifestation are the pitfalls in management presented by the risk of cancer and by the performance of multiple lap arotomies that also characterize this condition. An outline of these r isks and an approach that minimizes than is presented.