[Peutz-Jeghers syndrome: report of 4 cases].
OBJECTIVE
Four patients with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome were consecutively observed according to their clinical manifestation, pathologic characteristic, family history.


METHODS
Four cases were analyzed according to their clinical observation, X-ray detection, pathological diagnosis and family history.


RESULTS
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome had characteristic of family inhereditary. Intestinal lesion was correlative to canceration of polypus.


CONCLUSIONS
Family inhereditary detection should be performed in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome patients. The patients whose intestinal lesion was located in colon were considered high risk patients. They should be intensively cared regularly in long-term.
Yuan
W J
WJ
Department of Dentistry, Shanghai Yangpu District Central Hospital, Shanghai 200090, China.
Cao
L Z
LZ