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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1978;21(7):557-562. Published online July 31, 1978.

Two Cases of Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome.

Jun Hee Sul, Kee Choon Kim, Byung Soo Kim, No author name is english No author name is english

¹Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University college of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Familial association of gastrointestinal polyposis with mucocutaneous pigmentation was first reportde by Peutz in 1921. Following reemphsis by Jeghers in 1949, it became a definite clinical disease entity known as Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, which is rare disease with about 12cases reported in Korea. This was a report of our experience with two cases of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, which were diagnosed in a 4 year old boy, who had mucocutaneous pigmentation and multiple polyposis in the whole gastrointestinal tract. Main complaints were abdominal pain and bloody stool in 2 cases. Only one case had familial history whose father had pigmentation on the left flank.

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