title: Oral melanosis: a case report of Peutz-Jegher's Syndrome in Suva, Fiji.
abstract: This paper reports on a case of oral melanosis resultng from Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome, a hereditary disease characterized by harmatomatous polyposis and by mucocutaneous melanic pigmentation, in a 14-year-old Fijian girl with a family history of the disease. The patient underwent surgery for treatment of an intestinal obstruction due to a small intestine intussusception. Recognition of the characteristic pigmentation by dentists may lead to early diagnosis of associated harmatomatous polyps or neoplastic disease that may be life threatening.
authors.affiliation: FMCDS-Oral Pathology, Fiji School of Medicine, School of Oral Health, P.M.B Suva, Fiji Islands. a.comfort@fsm.ac.fj
authors.forename: Ore-oluwa C
authors.initials: OO
authors.lastname: Afolabi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008047:Lip Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D008548:Melanosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010580:Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics