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Prevention of intussusception in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome. 1979

R W Holt

Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is a familial disease characterized by mucocutaneous pigmentation and intestinal polyposis. Small-intestinal intussusception is a common complication. Preservation otion technique to prevent intussusception is described.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007421	Intestine, Small	The portion of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT between the PYLORUS of the STOMACH and the ILEOCECAL VALVE of the LARGE INTESTINE. It is divisible into three portions: the DUODENUM, the JEJUNUM, and the ILEUM.	Small Intestine,Intestines, Small,Small Intestines
D007443	Intussusception	A form of intestinal obstruction caused by the PROLAPSE of a part of the intestine into the adjoining intestinal lumen. There are four types: colic, involving segments of the LARGE INTESTINE; enteric, involving only the SMALL INTESTINE; ileocecal, in which the ILEOCECAL VALVE prolapses into the CECUM, drawing the ILEUM along with it; and ileocolic, in which the ileum prolapses through the ileocecal valve into the COLON.	Invagination, Intestinal,Intususception,Intestinal Invagination,Intestinal Invaginations,Intussusceptions,Intususceptions,Invaginations, Intestinal
D008297	Male		Males
D008722	Methods	A series of steps taken in order to conduct research.	Techniques,Methodological Studies,Methodological Study,Procedures,Studies, Methodological,Study, Methodological,Method,Procedure,Technique
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D010580	Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome	A hereditary disease caused by autosomal dominant mutations involving CHROMOSOME 19. It is characterized by the presence of INTESTINAL POLYPS, consistently in the JEJUNUM, and mucocutaneous pigmentation with MELANIN spots of the lips, buccal MUCOSA, and digits.	Lentiginosis, Perioral,Periorificial Lentiginosis Syndrome,Peutz-Jegher's Syndrome,Peutz-Jeghers Polyposis,Polyposis, Hamartomatous Intestinal,Polyps-and-Spots Syndrome,Hamartomatous Intestinal Polyposes,Hamartomatous Intestinal Polyposis,Intestinal Polyposes, Hamartomatous,Intestinal Polyposis, Hamartomatous,Lentiginoses, Perioral,Perioral Lentiginoses,Perioral Lentiginosis,Periorificial Lentiginosis Syndromes,Peutz Jegher's Syndrome,Peutz Jeghers Polyposis,Peutz Jeghers Syndrome,Peutz-Jegher Syndrome,Polyposes, Hamartomatous Intestinal,Polyposis, Peutz-Jeghers,Polyps and Spots Syndrome,Polyps-and-Spots Syndromes,Syndrome, Periorificial Lentiginosis,Syndrome, Peutz-Jegher's,Syndrome, Peutz-Jeghers,Syndrome, Polyps-and-Spots,Syndromes, Periorificial Lentiginosis,Syndromes, Polyps-and-Spots
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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