A Case of Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome Associated with Sigmoid Colon Cancer.

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A 78-year-old women with the characteristic clinical and pathological picture of Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome associated with sigmoid colon cancer is presented.<BR>Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed nearly total replacement of gastric mucosa by numerous polyps. Biopsy specimens of these polyps showed hyperplastic glands without atypia and edematous stroma with inflammatory cell infiltration.<BR>Barium enema study revealed sigmoid colon cancer and semipedunculated polyps. Colonoscopic biopsy was performed for these lesions. Histological findings showed adenocarcinoma and tubular adenomas with mild atypia.<BR>According to our research, fifteen cases of Cronkhite-Canada syndrome associated with colon cancer have been reported in Japan. W e added here a case of such a rare condition to the literatures.
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