Cronkhite-Canada syndrome with adenomatous and carcinomatous transformation of colonic polyp

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 189-190

  Jain, Anil ^a   Nanda, Soni ^a   Chakraborty, P ^a   Kundra, A ^a   Anuradha, S ^a   Reddy, B S N ^a   Kar, P ^a,b  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Colorectal carcinoma; Gastrointestinal polyposis

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; AGED; ALOPECIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON ADENOMA; COLON BIOPSY; COLON CARCINOMA; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; CRONKHITE CANADA SYNDROME; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LABORATORY TEST; NAIL DYSTROPHY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH POLYP; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; VERNER MORRISON SYNDROME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; ADENOMA, VILLOUS; AGED; COLON; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL POLYPOSIS;

EID: 0344392133     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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