A Case of Hamartomatous Polyp without Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome Arising from Appendix.
- Author:
Wee Sik SOHN
1
;
Ju Sang PARK
;
Ji Eun KIM
;
Bong Hwan KIM
;
Seung Hee YOO
;
Eun Mee HAN
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Bundang Jesaeng Hospital, Seongnam, Korea. parkjs@dmc.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Hamartomatous polyp;
Peutz-Jeghers type;
Appendix;
Endoscopic polypectomy
- MeSH:
Appendectomy;
Appendix;
Genes, Dominant;
Penetrance;
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome;
Pigmentation;
Polyps
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2010;41(1):36-40
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is a familial syndrome consisting of mucocutaneous pigmentation and gastrointestinal polyposis and appears to be inherited as a single pleiotropic autosomal dominant gene with variable and incomplete penetrance. Cases of hamartomatous polyps of the Peutz-Jeghers type without Peutz-Jeghers syndrome have only rarely been reported. Moreover, only one case of a Peutz-Jeghers polyp at the appendix has been reported; it was resected by appendectomy. We report here on a case of a 45 year old man who had a hamartomatous polyp of the Peutz-Jeghers type arising from the appendix. The polyp was successfully removed by endoscopic polypectomy. To our knowledge, this is the first case of a hamartomatous polyp of the Peutz-Jeghers type that originated from the appendix and that was resected endoscopically.
