Giant hamartoma of the colon: Peutz-Jeghers type.
We have seen a young man with multiple large-bowel polyps and a single immense colonic polyp of the Peutz-Jeghers type. It was completely removed primarily to control hemorrhage and to exclude focal adenomatous or carcinomatous change. We review the spectrum of colonic hamartomas.
D000328:Adult; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010580:Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*