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Cronkhite-Canada syndrome causing pouch outlet obstruction 5 years after roux-en-y gastric bypass.
Acta Chirurgica Belgica 2017 December 6
OBJECTIVE: We present the case of a 57-year-old man with a history of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and colonic polyps who presented with an upper gastrointestinal obstruction based on massive stomach polyposis in the pouch.
METHODS: Two months prior to this acute admission, he had undergone resection of the gastric remnant due to massive refractory intraluminal bleeding from a polypoid mass. Ten years earlier, right colectomy was performed due to hypertrophic polyposis unsuitable for endoscopic polypectomy. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed a polypoid mass in the pouch causing obstruction. Benign biopsies were obtained. A resection of the stomach pouch with esophagojejunostomy was performed. Macroscopic evaluation of the pouch lumen showed massive polyposis with a sharp demarcation near the Z-line and at the gastrojejunostomy. On clinical examination, the presence of atrophic nail changes, alopecia, and palmar hyperpigmentation was noticed.
RESULTS: Postoperative course was uneventful and feeding was restarted successfully. Histological analysis revealed hyperplastic polypoid tissue, which resembled the polyps in the stomach remnant and colon. Together with the ectodermal changes, the diagnose of Cronkhite-Canada syndrome was established.
CONCLUSION: Diffuse polyposis in Cronkhite-Canada syndrome is a rare cause for pouch obstruction after RYGB. Clinical examination should focus on dermatologic findings.
METHODS: Two months prior to this acute admission, he had undergone resection of the gastric remnant due to massive refractory intraluminal bleeding from a polypoid mass. Ten years earlier, right colectomy was performed due to hypertrophic polyposis unsuitable for endoscopic polypectomy. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed a polypoid mass in the pouch causing obstruction. Benign biopsies were obtained. A resection of the stomach pouch with esophagojejunostomy was performed. Macroscopic evaluation of the pouch lumen showed massive polyposis with a sharp demarcation near the Z-line and at the gastrojejunostomy. On clinical examination, the presence of atrophic nail changes, alopecia, and palmar hyperpigmentation was noticed.
RESULTS: Postoperative course was uneventful and feeding was restarted successfully. Histological analysis revealed hyperplastic polypoid tissue, which resembled the polyps in the stomach remnant and colon. Together with the ectodermal changes, the diagnose of Cronkhite-Canada syndrome was established.
CONCLUSION: Diffuse polyposis in Cronkhite-Canada syndrome is a rare cause for pouch obstruction after RYGB. Clinical examination should focus on dermatologic findings.
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