Adenocarcinoma of the rectum arising in a hamartomatous polyp in a patient with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome.
The malignant potential of the hamartomatous polyps in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome has been debated. Although this is a very rare event, these polyps can undergo carcinomatous transformation, as demonstrated by this report of a 37-year-old man with well-documented Peutz-Jeghers syndrome who developed an invasive grade 2 adenocarcinoma on the surface of a hamartomatous polyp in the rectum.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007417:Intestinal Polyps / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010580:Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery