Jejunal carcinoma in a child.
A case of Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome in an 8-yr-old girl with an adenocarcinoma arising in the duodenum and jejunum is herein reported with a 9-yr follow-up. This carcinoma fulfills histologic criteria for malignancy in the Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome. We suggest that this represents a documented case of malignancy arising in a Peutz-Jeghers polyp.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007417:Intestinal Polyps / Q000150:complications; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010580:Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome / Q000150:complications*