Pancreatic adenocarcinoma in a patient with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome--a case report and literature review.
A variety of intestinal and extraintestinal neoplasms has been associated with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, although to our knowledge, there has been no reported case of associated pancreatic neoplasm. We report a 38-yr-old man with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome and pancreatic adenocarcinoma and review current literature regarding a neoplastic diathesis in these patients.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010580:Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography