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Diagnostic difficulty in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome Study conducted at Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo (FCMSCSP) and Department of Surgery and Pathology, Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

Dificuldade diagnóstica na Síndrome de Peutz-Jeghers

A case of diagnostic difficulty facing the patient with colonic polyposis secondary to Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, but without family history and pathognomonic clinical features of the disease, is illustrated. The exams, including biopsy, led to diagnostic uncertainty and the definitive diagnosis was characterized in therapeutic of exception.

Peutz-Jeghers syndrome; Intestinal polyps; Diagnosis


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