Images in Clinical Medicine

Kim Eagle, M.D., Editor

Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome

Patrick J. Morrison, M.D., and Norman C. Nevin, M.D.

N Engl J Med 1993; 329:774September 9, 1993

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Figure 1 Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome.

Striking examples of facial (Panel A) and lip (Panel B) pigmentation are shown in an eight-year-old boy with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, an inherited disorder characterized by mucocutaneous pigmentation, gastrointestinal polyposis, and occasionally carcinoma of the colon or duodenum. The patient also had smudgy pigmentation of the fingertips and pigmentation of the mucous membranes of the mouth, but no other manifestations.

Kim Eagle, M.D.

Patrick J. Morrison, M.D.
Norman C. Nevin, M.D.
Belfast City Hospital, Belfast BT9 7AB, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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