Affiliations 

  • 1 Universiti Teknologi MARA, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology Unit, Jalan Hospital, 47000 Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia. [email protected]
  • 2 UKM Medical Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Gastroenterology Unit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 UKM Medical Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Radiology Department, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 4 UKM Medical Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Pathology Department, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Med J Malaysia, 2016 02;71(1):37-8.
PMID: 27130745

Abstract

Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome (CCS) is a syndrome characterised by a constellation of signs including but not limited to onychodystrophy of the finger and toe nails, skin hyperpigmentation and alopecia. Endoscopic features showed hamartomatous polyps involving all segments of the gastrointestinal tract with the characteristic exception of being oesophageal sparring. These polyps show confirmation by the presence of eosinophils and mast cells at the lamina propria upon histological studies.

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