ISSN: 0970-938X (Print) | 0976-1683 (Electronic)

Biomedical Research

An International Journal of Medical Sciences

Abstract

Cronkhite-Canada syndrome: A rare case report and literature review

Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome (CCS) is a rare, non-hereditary disease characterized by gastrointestinal polyposis associated with diarrhea and epidermal manifestations, such as hyperpigmentation, alopecia, and onychodystrophy. The pathogenesis of CCS is still not well understood but it probably involved autoimmune mechanism. Herein, we here report a case of steroid-responsive CCS in a male patient whose polyps presented with IgG-4 positive plasma cells.

Author(s): Jyong-Hong Lee, Chi-Chieh Yang, Chih-Sheng Wu, Kuo-Hsin Yang
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