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Endoscopy 1989; 21(4): 188-190
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1012939
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Solitary Peutz-Jeghers Type Polyp of the Stomach in the Absence of Familial Polyposis Coli in a Teenage Boy

H. Kuwano1 , H. Takano2 , K. Sugimachi1
  • 1Department of Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University
  • 2Takano Gastro-intestinal Hospital
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17 March 2008 (online)

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Summary

We treated a male teenager with a solitary gastric Peutz-Jeghers type (hamartomatous) polyp showing neither mucocutaneous pigmentation nor inheritance. X-ray studies of the upper gastro-intestinal tract, small intestine and barium enema revealed a solitary thumb tip-sized polypoid mass in the posterior wall of the gastric body, with no evidence of any associated lesion. Histologically, the polypoid mass showed typical features of a Peutz-Jeghers type (hamartomatous) polyp. This may be the first documentation of a “solitary” gastric Peutz-Jeghers type polyp, in the absence of familial polyposis coli and mucocutaneous pigmentation.

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Stomach - Polyp - Hamartoma - Peutz-Jeghers polyp