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  • Title: Juvenile gastrointestinal polyposis or the infantile Cronkhite-Canada syndrome.
    Author: Scharf GM, Becker JH, Laage NJ.
    Journal: J Pediatr Surg; 1986 Nov; 21(11):953-4. PubMed ID: 3794950.
    Abstract:
    This is a report of a case of juvenile gastrointestinal polyposis consisting of widespread juvenile polyps encountered from the stomach into the rectum. Only few cases have been reported, and extra intestinal manifestations include clubbing of fingers, macrocephaly, hypotonia, hepatosplenomegaly, anemia, and protein-losing enteropathy. The outcome is usually dismal, the children barely becoming older than 2 years. Modern fibreoptic endoscopy with polypectomies performed via the upper and lower gastrointestinal intestinal tracts and via a midbowel ileostomy may offer a viable form of management.
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