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Clinical Cancer Investigation Journal
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Year: 2012   |   Volume: 1   |   Issue: 2   |   Page: 74-76     View issue

Diagnostic significance of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome: A case report with oral physician′s perspective


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Abstract

Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is a genetic disorder characterized by intestinal polyposis and pigmentation of skin and mucous membrane. Gastrointestinal polyps are considered as premalignant and also the occurrence of rare malignancies at nongastrointestinal sites is high in these patients. This article demonstrates the importance of oral physician in the diagnosis of this inherited syndrome, thereby minimizing the morbidity in a young male patient who presented with multifocal pigmentation.

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Ananda D, Kannan N, Patil R, Sarath V, Gadagi J. Diagnostic significance of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome: A case report with oral physician′s perspective. Clin Cancer Investig J. 2012;1(2):74-6. https://doi.org/10.4103/2278-0513.99567
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Ananda, D., Kannan, N., Patil, R., Sarath, V., & Gadagi, J. (2012). Diagnostic significance of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome: A case report with oral physician′s perspective. Clinical Cancer Investigation Journal, 1(2), 74-76. https://doi.org/10.4103/2278-0513.99567

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