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Case Reports
. 2011 May;108(5):778-86.

[A case of Cronkhite-Canada syndrome with multiple colon adenomas and early colon cancers]

[Article in Japanese]
Saori Matsui  1 , Megumi Kibi, Emi Anami, Takahiro Anami, Yasukazu Inagaki, Atsushi Kanouda, Hiroshi Yoshinaga, Akihiko Watanabe, Atsushi Sugahara, Hidekazu Mukai, Akihiro Toyokawa, Takeshi Iwasaki, Mayumi Tachibana, Kazuhiro Teramura
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  • PMID: 21558745
Case Reports

[A case of Cronkhite-Canada syndrome with multiple colon adenomas and early colon cancers]

[Article in Japanese]
Saori Matsui et al. Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi. 2011 May.

Abstract

A 60-year-old man presented with diarrhea and weight loss. Colonoscopy revealed multiple reddish polypoid lesions throughout the gastrointestinal tract and was diagnosed as Cronkhite-Canada syndrome (CCS). Prednisolone therapy caused regression of polyps. Some of them were suspected to be early colon cancers and adenomas. We endoscopically performed mucosal resection for 15 polyps after prednisolone therapy. Histological examination of one of polyps showed invasion of the submucosal layer and colon resection was performed. This case suggests that diagnosis and treatment are important in polyps of CCS.

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