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Published in: Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology 4/2020

Open Access 01-08-2020 | Streptococci | Case Report

Colon cancer of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome with gallolyticus endocarditis

Authors: Kiyoshi Miyahara, Shunichi Tobe, Tatsunori Shizuku, Rin Inamoto, Ikuo Katayama

Published in: Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology | Issue 4/2020

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Abstract

We report a case of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome with gallolyticus endocarditis which has not yet been reported. Colon cancer was observed and implicated in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome. A 44-year-old female with fever and heart murmur was diagnosed as infective endocarditis caused by streptococcus gallolyticus. After treatment with antibiotics and mitral valbuloplasty, we performed gastrointestinal endoscopic studies and found polyps in stomach and colon. Histological findings of a large pedunculated colon polyp revealed hamartomatous polyp with a lesion of adenocarcinoma with adenoma. She had pigmentation of digits. Her father had also digits pigmentation and died of pancreas cancer. Peutz-Jeghers syndrome with colon cancer was incidentally diagnosed by infective endocarditis and subsequent colonoscopy.

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Metadata
Title
Colon cancer of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome with gallolyticus endocarditis
Authors
Kiyoshi Miyahara
Shunichi Tobe
Tatsunori Shizuku
Rin Inamoto
Ikuo Katayama
Publication date
01-08-2020
Publisher
Springer Singapore
Published in
Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology / Issue 4/2020
Print ISSN: 1865-7257
Electronic ISSN: 1865-7265
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12328-019-01080-9

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