Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome: Gastric Involvement Diagnosed by MDCT
Chronkhite-Canada is a rare nonfamilial polyposis syndrome that usually presents as chronic malabsorption in adults. We present a case of a-73-year old woman with chronic gastrointestinal bleeding and malnutrition. On CT imaging she was found to have massive gastric polyps, which on biopsy was most...
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| author | Jonathan D. Samet Karen M. Horton Elliot K. Fishman Christine A. Iacobuzio-Donahue |
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| description | Chronkhite-Canada is a rare nonfamilial polyposis syndrome that usually presents as chronic malabsorption in adults. We present a case of a-73-year old woman with chronic gastrointestinal bleeding and malnutrition. On CT imaging she was found to have massive gastric polyps, which on biopsy was most consistent with Cronkhite-Canada syndrome. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d55dacdcb75b4c588aa0d5a247b7e2312025-02-03T01:22:01ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352009-01-01200910.1155/2009/148795148795Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome: Gastric Involvement Diagnosed by MDCTJonathan D. Samet0Karen M. Horton1Elliot K. Fishman2Christine A. Iacobuzio-Donahue3Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 676 North Saint Clair Street, Suite 800 Chicago, IL 60611, USADepartment of Radiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, JHOC 3253, 601 North Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD 21287-0801, USADepartment of Radiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, JHOC 3253, 601 North Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD 21287-0801, USADepartment of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, CRB II 343, 1550 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21231, USAChronkhite-Canada is a rare nonfamilial polyposis syndrome that usually presents as chronic malabsorption in adults. We present a case of a-73-year old woman with chronic gastrointestinal bleeding and malnutrition. On CT imaging she was found to have massive gastric polyps, which on biopsy was most consistent with Cronkhite-Canada syndrome.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/148795 |
| spellingShingle | Jonathan D. Samet Karen M. Horton Elliot K. Fishman Christine A. Iacobuzio-Donahue Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome: Gastric Involvement Diagnosed by MDCT Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome: Gastric Involvement Diagnosed by MDCT |
| title_full | Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome: Gastric Involvement Diagnosed by MDCT |
| title_fullStr | Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome: Gastric Involvement Diagnosed by MDCT |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome: Gastric Involvement Diagnosed by MDCT |
| title_short | Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome: Gastric Involvement Diagnosed by MDCT |
| title_sort | cronkhite canada syndrome gastric involvement diagnosed by mdct |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/148795 |
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