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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hamid Qazi, MD, BSc [2]

Overview

If left untreated, patients with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome may progress to develop rectal bleeding, anemia, intussusception, bowel obstruction, and abdominal pain. Common complications of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome include colon cancer and cachexia. Prognosis is generally good with treatment.

Natural History

If left untreated, patients with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome may progress to develop rectal bleeding, anemia, intussusception, bowel obstruction, and abdominal pain.[1]

Complications

Complications that can develop as a result of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome are:[2][3]

Prognosis

Prognosis is generally good with treatment. Almost half of Peutz-Jeghers patients die from cancer between age 50-60, and the cumulative risk of developing a form of cancer associated with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome between ages 15-64 is 93%.[5]

Development of Cancer[6]

References

  1. ↑ Buck, J L; Harned, R K; Lichtenstein, J E; Sobin, L H (1992). "Peutz-Jeghers syndrome". RadioGraphics. 12 (2): 365–378. doi:10.1148/radiographics.12.2.1561426. ISSN 0271-5333.
  2. ↑ Kopacova, Marcela; Tacheci, Ilja; Rejchrt, Stanislav; Bures, Jan (2009). "Peutz-Jeghers syndrome: Diagnostic and therapeuticapproach". World Journal of Gastroenterology. 15 (43): 5397. doi:10.3748/wjg.15.5397. ISSN 1007-9327.
  3. ↑ Zbuk KM, Eng C. Hamartomatous polyposis syndromes. Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007 Sep. 4(9):492-502.
  4. ↑ Butt N, Salih M, Khan MR, Ahmed R, Haider Z, Shah SH (2012). "An incidentally discovered asymptomatic para-aortic paraganglioma with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome". Saudi J Gastroenterol. 18 (6): 388–91. doi:10.4103/1319-3767.103432. PMC 3530995. PMID 23150026.
  5. ↑ Spigelman AD, Murday V, Phillips RK (1989). "Cancer and the Peutz-Jeghers syndrome". Gut. 30 (11): 1588–90. PMC 1434341. PMID 2599445.
  6. ↑ "File:PJS Natural History.jpg - Wikimedia Commons".
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