‘Top and Tail Endoscopy’ and Follow-up in Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
- 1 May 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in Endoscopy
- Vol. 14 (03) , 82-84
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-1021586
Abstract
Combined gastro-duodenoscopy and colonoscopy ('top and tail' endoscopy) on the same occasion in Peutz-Jeghers patients has allowed multiple endoscopic polypectomies of lesions up to 4.5 cm diameter and up to 40 cm above the ileo-caecal valve. 'Top and tail' endoscopy simplifies the management of Peutz-Jeghers patients and should also be useful in the management of other patients requiring investigation of both ends of the gastro-intestinal tract.Keywords
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