Publikation

Peutz-Jeghers syndrome: is family screening needed?

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review - 01.01.2000

Bereiche
PubMed

Zitation
Baumgartner G, Neuweiler J, Herzog D. Peutz-Jeghers syndrome: is family screening needed?. Pediatric surgery international 2000; 16:437-9.
Art
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review (Englisch)
Zeitschrift
Pediatric surgery international 2000; 16
Veröffentlichungsdatum
01.01.2000
ISSN (Druck)
0179-0358
Seiten
437-9
Kurzbeschreibung/Zielsetzung

In a 7-year-old boy, a small-bowel polyp was found intraoperatively as a lead point of an intussusception. Histologically, a hamartoma was found and the clinical work-up revealed Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS). Additionally, all four asymptomatic siblings showed intestinal polyposis. All children in a family with PJS should be properly investigated. In case of an intussusception with a polyp in a critical location, a surgical procedure should follow.