PERITONEAL PSEUDOMYXOMA IN A CHILD WITH A GALLBLADDER PEUTZ-JEGHERS-LIKE HAMARTOMATOUS POLYP - A CASE-REPORT

A 2-year, 6-month-old boy with peritoneal pseudomyxoma had a hamartoma tous Peutz-Jeghers-like polyp in the gallbladder. The morphological pa ttern of the polyp was very characteristic of what is usually consider ed an hamartomatous polyp. The patient presently reported has no clini cal characteristics of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome. The peritoneal pseudomy xoma creates differential diagnostic problems with well-differentiated mucinous adenocarcinoma. Copyright (C) 1998 by W.B. Saunders Company.