A 16-year-old patient with complaints of frequent pain in the abdomen was diagnosed with melanoma, examination revealed also pigmentation of the mucosa and skin, polyp in the stomach and large intestine. It is know that the patient's mother has an analogous pigmentation and has been often treated for anemia. What disease is suspected?

Answer options

1. Hirschprung’s disease
2. Adolescent polyposis
3. Chron’s disease
4. Peytz-Egers’s polyposis
5. Tuberculosis of the intestine

Explanation

Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder characterized by the development of benign hamartomatous polyps in the gastrointestinal tract and hyperpigmented macules on the lips and oral mucosa(melanosis).