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CASE REPORT
Giant rectal polyp prolapse in an adult patient with the Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
  1. Ana Delfina Cano-Contreras1,
  2. Arturo Meixueiro-Daza2,
  3. Peter Grube-Pagola3,
  4. Jose Maria Remes-Troche1,4
  1. 1Labortorio de Fisiologia DIgestiva y Motilidad, Instituto de Investigaciones Medico Biologicas, Veracruz, Mexico
  2. 2Laboratorio de Motilidad y Fisiologia DIgestiva, Instituto de Investigaciones Medico Biologicas, Boca del Rio, Mexico
  3. 3Department of Surgery, Hospital Español de Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico
  4. 4Instituto de Investigaciones Medico Biologicas, Veracruz, Mexico
  1. Correspondence to Dr Jose Maria Remes-Troche, jose.remes.troche{at}gmail.com

Summary

Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome (PJS) is an autosomal dominant intestinal polyposis syndrome characterised by the presence of hamartomatous polyps and mucocutaneous pigmentation. Prolapse of the polyps through the anus is an infrequent manifestation in children with PJS, and this complication is extremely rare in adult patients. We report the case of a 30-year-old man recently diagnosed with PJS who was seen at the emergency department because of the abrupt onset of severe anal pain with a foreign body sensation in the anal canal and rectal bleeding.

Physical examination revealed a giant prolapsed polyp.

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