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GAITAN BUITRAGO, María Helena et al. Syndrome of Peutz - Jeghers: Follow to family. rev. colomb. cir. [online]. 2007, vol.22, n.3, pp.175-179. ISSN 2011-7582.

Peutz - Jeghers syndrome is a polyposis syndrome that appears to be inherited as an autosomal dominant gene; the polyps are hamartomatous, and although malignant transformation is rare, a hamartoma-carcinoma sequence has been postulated. This article describes an index case and his family follow up.

Palabras clave : Peutz-Jeghers syndrome; colorectal; neoplasms; colonic polyps; familial polyposis coli.

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