1. Gentle Giant? Giant Gastric Solitary Peutz-Jeghers Polyp.
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Mongardini FM, Nazzaro L, Fuschillo G, D'Alelio A, Gambardella C, Docimo L, Lauro A, and Landolfi V
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- Female, Humans, Adult, Intestinal Polyps complications, Intestinal Polyps surgery, Intestinal Polyps pathology, Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome complications, Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome diagnosis, Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome surgery, Stomach Neoplasms pathology, Hamartoma diagnostic imaging, Hamartoma surgery, Hamartoma pathology, Adenomatous Polyps
- Abstract
Solitary hamartomatous polyps with identical pathological features of the typical hamartomas of the Peutz-Jegher syndrome are extremely rare. These solitary lesions lack the associated intestinal polyposis, classic mucocutaneous pigmentation, and family history typifying the Peutz-Jegher syndrome. We describe the case of a 31-year-old woman with a giant solitary gastric hamartoma endoscopically diagnosed and laparoscopically resected., (© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.)
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- 2024
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