Young patient with juvenile polyposis syndrome: A case report

Mounia El Yousfi, Bahija Benyachou, Adil Ibrahimi, Laila Chbani, Afaf Amarti

Gastroenterology Department, Fez University Hospital, Fez, Morocco.
Pathology Department, Fez University Hospital, Fez, Morocco.

DOI: 10.4236/ojgas.2012.23022                

Abstract

A case is reported here of juvenile polyposis in a 15- year-old girl. She was diagnosed upon the assessment of the dysenteric syndrome. Coloscopy and gastro- scopy had shown polyps of variable size whose histological study confirmed the hamartomatous character typical of the youthful non adenomatous polyps free of dysplasia. There was no localization in the small bowel. Coloprotectomy with ileoanal anastomosis was carried out in view of the importance of diarrhoea and the impacts on the general state of health.

Keywords

Hamartomatous Polyp; Polyposis; Juvenile Polyp; Juvenile Polyposis

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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