A case of Cronkhite-Canada syndrome with multiple adenomas and a carcinoma of rectum detected after improvement of polyposis due to steroid treatment. An analysis of expression of p53 protein in polyps.
1)Cronkhite LW, Canada WJ:Generalized gastrointestinal polyposis. An unusual syndrome of polyposis, pigmentation, alopecia and onychotrophia.N Engl J Med 1955, 252:1011-1015
5)Malhotra R, Sheffield A:Cronkhite-Canada syn drome associated with colon carcinoma and adenomatous changes in C-C polyps. Am J Gastroenterol 1988, 83:772-776