title: A 21-year-old female patient with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome.
abstract: The paper describes a case of a 21-year-old woman admitted to the Department of Internal Medicine with signs and symptoms of microcytic anemia. The presence of characteristic skin lesions, results of laboratory tests and positive family history led to the diagnosis of a rare colonic polyposis, Peutz-Jeghers syndrome. The article presents also history, symptomatology, recommended tests and treatment of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome. Particular attention has been paid to necessity of periodic endoscopic investigations of the gastrointestinal tract with concurrent polyp resection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine with a Cardiology Unit, Healthcare Institution of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration, Lódź, Poland. magdakubecka@wp.pl
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wojciechowska
authors.forename: Tadeusz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dryjański
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000747:Anemia, Hypochromic / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010580:Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D035583:Rare Diseases