Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
The risk for breast and ovarian cancer is increased with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS), a rare early-onset autosomal dominant disorder, associated with specific physical characteristics in addition to increased cancer risks.
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What is Peutz-Jeghers syndrome?
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is characterized by the development of growths called hamartomatous polyps in the gastrointestinal tract (particularly the stomach and intestines), ...
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is a disorder often passed down through families (inherited) in which the person develops intestinal polyps and is at a significantly higher risk for developing certain cancers.
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What is Peutz-Jeghers syndrome?
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is an inherited condition that puts people at an increased risk for developing hamartomatous polyps in the digestive tract, as well as breast, colorectal, ...
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Autosomal dominant (50% sporadic), hamartomas, primarily of small bowel, also: stomach, colon, occasionally of urinary or respiratory tract, mucocutaneous hyperpigmentation, ...
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome: In this disorder patients experience multiple polyps in the gastrointestinal tract and melanin spots occur on the lips, oral mucosa and fingers. Polyps may also occur in the urinary and pulmonary systems.
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome - Inherited condition in which many polyps grow in the intestine.
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an inherited condition causing many polyps to grow in the intestine. It poses an increased risk of cancer.
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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome PJS. A genetic disorder in which polyps form in the intestine and dark spots appear on the mouth and fingers. Having PJS increases the risk of developing gastrointestinal and many other types of cancer. Also called PJS.
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Peutz-Jeghers polyps: found in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, in association with freckling of the lips, are also of the hamartomatous type.
Addison's disease, acanthosis nigricans and Peutz-Jeghers syndrome are also associated with the development of freckles.
For example, hereditary colon cancer may be due to familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), Lynch syndrome, Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, juvenile polyposis syndrome, or other syndromes. Each of these has a different genetic basis.
People with certain inherited conditions, which include familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC), and some other syndromes including Peutz-Jeghers syndrome and juvenile polyposis syndrome.
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome -- a genetically transmitted syndrome of benign tumors of the colon called hamartomas.
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They include Crohn's disease (also called regional enteritis), Gardner's or Peutz-Jeghers syndromes (conditions in which multiple polyps [benign fleshy growths] develop throughout the intestine), ...
If you have specific genetic diseases in your family, such as ataxia-telangiectasia, Peutz-Jeghers syndrome or FAP, talk to a geneticist.
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These include Turcot syndrome, an inherited condition in which people are at an increased risk of adenomatous polyps (and thus, colon cancer) and brain tumors, and Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, ...
Those with a family history of specific genetic syndromes -- such as familial adenomatous polyposis, Lynch syndrome, juvenile polyposis, and Peutz-Jeghers syndrome -- are also at an increased risk of developing colorectal cancer.
It is now possible to test for genetic mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes and for hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) and Peutz-Jeghers syndrome in high-risk women. Any positive result raises difficult issues: ...
Familial adenomatous polyposis
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Certain health conditions, including liver and kidney disease, thyroid disease, Peutz-Jeghers syndrome or other syndromes associated with hormonally active tumors, and Klinefelter's syndrome
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Names of specific polyposis disorders include: Familial adenomatous polyposis, Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, Juvenile polyposis syndrome, and PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome (also known as Cowden syndrome and Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome).
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Overview of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
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When multiple lentigines occur with associated abnormalities, the condition forms its own disease entity. These include Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, Xeroderma pigmentosum, LAMB syndrome, LEOPARD syndrome and Carney's complex.
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Mayo Clinic specialists are highly experienced in the diagnosis and treatment of colon cancer, including rare genetic forms, such as familial adenomatous polyposis, Lynch syndrome, Peutz-Jeghers syndrome and juvenile polyposis syndrome.
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