Asymptomatic Gastric Giant Polyp in a Boy with Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome Presented with Multiple Café Au Lait Traits

Asymptomatic Gastric Giant Polyp in a Boy with Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome Presented with Multiple Café Au Lait Traits

We describe an asymptomatic case of PJS in a six-year-old boy with café au lait spots in several parts of his body, a large gastroduodenal polyp, two polyps near the ampulla of Vater, and another in the jejunum. This patient shows some unique aspects of PJS. No other such large gastric polyp in a Pe...

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Main Authors: Christos Plataras, Efstratios Christianakis, Florentia Fostira, George Bourikis, Maria Chorti, Dimitrios Bourikas, Nikolaos Fotopoulos, Konstantinos Damalas, Khalil Eirekat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Surgery
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6895974
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spelling doaj-c7c0431681a74e8298eddfdd379a3f022020-11-25T02:35:54ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Surgery2090-69002090-69192018-01-01201810.1155/2018/68959746895974Asymptomatic Gastric Giant Polyp in a Boy with Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome Presented with Multiple Café Au Lait TraitsChristos Plataras0Efstratios Christianakis1Florentia Fostira2George Bourikis3Maria Chorti4Dimitrios Bourikas5Nikolaos Fotopoulos6Konstantinos Damalas7Khalil Eirekat8Pediatric Surgery Department, Penteli Children’s Hospital, Ippokratous 8, Penteli 15236, GreecePediatric Surgery Department, Penteli Children’s Hospital, Ippokratous 8, Penteli 15236, GreeceDepartment of Genetics, Demokritos Research Center, Neapoleos 10, Agia Paraskevi 153 10, GreeceGeneral Surgery Department, Tzanio General Hospital, Leoforos Afentouli ke Zanni, Piraeus 185 36, GreeceHistopathology Department, Sismanoglio General Hospital, Sismanogliou 37, Marousi 151 26, GreecePediatric Surgery Department, Penteli Children’s Hospital, Ippokratous 8, Penteli 15236, GreeceGeneral Surgery Department, Sismanoglio General Hospital, Sismanogliou 37, Marousi 15126, GreeceGeneral Surgery Department, Agios Savvas Regional Cancer Hospital, Leof. Alexandras 171, Athens 11522, GreecePediatric Surgery Department, Penteli Children’s Hospital, Ippokratous 8, Penteli 15236, GreeceWe describe an asymptomatic case of PJS in a six-year-old boy with café au lait spots in several parts of his body, a large gastroduodenal polyp, two polyps near the ampulla of Vater, and another in the jejunum. This patient shows some unique aspects of PJS. No other such large gastric polyp in a Peutz-Jeghers child is reported in the literature. The large size of the gastric polyp with lack of symptoms is unusual and poses a unique challenge in terms of management and surgical resection.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6895974
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author Christos Plataras
Efstratios Christianakis
Florentia Fostira
George Bourikis
Maria Chorti
Dimitrios Bourikas
Nikolaos Fotopoulos
Konstantinos Damalas
Khalil Eirekat
spellingShingle Christos Plataras
Efstratios Christianakis
Florentia Fostira
George Bourikis
Maria Chorti
Dimitrios Bourikas
Nikolaos Fotopoulos
Konstantinos Damalas
Khalil Eirekat
Asymptomatic Gastric Giant Polyp in a Boy with Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome Presented with Multiple Café Au Lait Traits
Case Reports in Surgery
author_facet Christos Plataras
Efstratios Christianakis
Florentia Fostira
George Bourikis
Maria Chorti
Dimitrios Bourikas
Nikolaos Fotopoulos
Konstantinos Damalas
Khalil Eirekat
author_sort Christos Plataras
title Asymptomatic Gastric Giant Polyp in a Boy with Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome Presented with Multiple Café Au Lait Traits
title_short Asymptomatic Gastric Giant Polyp in a Boy with Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome Presented with Multiple Café Au Lait Traits
title_full Asymptomatic Gastric Giant Polyp in a Boy with Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome Presented with Multiple Café Au Lait Traits
title_fullStr Asymptomatic Gastric Giant Polyp in a Boy with Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome Presented with Multiple Café Au Lait Traits
title_full_unstemmed Asymptomatic Gastric Giant Polyp in a Boy with Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome Presented with Multiple Café Au Lait Traits
title_sort asymptomatic gastric giant polyp in a boy with peutz-jeghers syndrome presented with multiple café au lait traits
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Case Reports in Surgery
issn 2090-6900
2090-6919
publishDate 2018-01-01
description We describe an asymptomatic case of PJS in a six-year-old boy with café au lait spots in several parts of his body, a large gastroduodenal polyp, two polyps near the ampulla of Vater, and another in the jejunum. This patient shows some unique aspects of PJS. No other such large gastric polyp in a Peutz-Jeghers child is reported in the literature. The large size of the gastric polyp with lack of symptoms is unusual and poses a unique challenge in terms of management and surgical resection.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6895974
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