Revista Colombiana de Cirugía
ISSN 2011-7582 ISSN 2619-6107
GAITAN BUITRAGO, María Helena et al. Syndrome of Peutz - Jeghers: Follow to family. []. , 22, 3, pp.175-179. ISSN 2011-7582.
Peutz - Jeghers syndrome is a polyposis syndrome that appears to be inherited as an autosomal dominant gene; the polyps are hamartomatous, and although malignant transformation is rare, a hamartoma-carcinoma sequence has been postulated. This article describes an index case and his family follow up.
: Peutz-Jeghers syndrome; colorectal; neoplasms; colonic polyps; familial polyposis coli.