title: [Peutz-Jeghers syndrome : not only a polyposis!].
abstract: The clinical signs of the Peutz-Jeghers syndrome are often overlooked in daily clinical practice. Early diagnosis is enormously relevant for the patient's outcome. Therefore, it is very important not only to think of the well-known manifestation of the gastrointestinal polyposis but also to consider the various other processes which can influence the prognosis remarkably as for instance ovarian and testicular tumors when a mutation of the  serine-threonine kinase gene STK11 (chromosome 19p13.3) is present.
authors: Dermatologie und Venerologie und Allergologie, Abteilung Pädiatrische Dermatologie, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Schittenhelmstr. 7, 24105, Kiel, Deutschland. sgreven@dermatology.uni-kiel.de
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Greven
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Fölster-Holst
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010580:Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*