Peutz-Jeghers syndrome and duodeno-jejunal adenocarcinoma--therapeutic implications

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2009 Dec;101(12):875-9. doi: 10.4321/s1130-01082009001200009.

Abstract

The Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is an autosomal dominant hamartomatous poliposis describred in 1921. Hemminki in 1997 described the presence of LKB-1 mutation tumor-suppressor gen.The patients with PJS develop a higher cumulative incidence of gastrointestinal, pancreas and extraintestinal tumors, being occasion of a renew interest on hamartomatous polyposis syndromes regarding the clinical care, cancer surveillance treatment and long term follow-up.We report the case of a 38 years old male, diagnosed of PJS who developed a multiple adenocarcinoma in duodenum and yeyunum. Surgically treated and with a long-term free disease survival of 11 years represents the sixth case reported in the spanish literature of PJS associated with a gastrointestinal tumor.A critical review, molecular alterations and the established criteria of tumor screening and surveillance are reviewed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma* / diagnostic imaging
  • Adenocarcinoma* / mortality
  • Adenocarcinoma* / pathology
  • Adenocarcinoma* / surgery
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Duodenal Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
  • Duodenal Neoplasms* / mortality
  • Duodenal Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Duodenal Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Jejunal Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
  • Jejunal Neoplasms* / mortality
  • Jejunal Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Jejunal Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness / pathology
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary* / diagnostic imaging
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary* / mortality
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary* / pathology
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary* / surgery
  • Pancreaticoduodenectomy
  • Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome / complications*
  • Radiography, Abdominal
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome