Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome: Case Description
February 2014
in “
Italian journal of medicine
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TLDR An 80-year-old woman with Cronkhite-Canada syndrome had multiple polyps and symptoms like diarrhea, hair loss, nail issues, and dark skin.
The document described the case of an 80-year-old woman with Cronkhite-Canada syndrome, a rare disease first identified in 1955. This syndrome is marked by the development of multiple polyps in the gastrointestinal tract, resulting in symptoms such as diarrhea, alopecia, nail dystrophy, and hyper-pigmented skin. The article detailed the patient's clinical presentation and provided results from laboratory tests and imaging studies.
