Case Reports
Vol. 8 No. 2 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.4081/itjm.2014.428

Cronkhite-Canada syndrome: case description

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Received: 4 September 2013
Published: 5 February 2014
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Cronkhite-Canada syndrome, colon polyposis, alopecia, nail distrophy, hypogeusia.
Internal Medicine

Authors

Andrea Da Porto
andrea_daporto@tin.it
SOC Medicina Generale, AO S. Antonio Abate, Tolmezzo, ASS 3 Alto Friuli, Italy.
Liana Domenis
SOC Medicina Generale, AO S. Antonio Abate, Tolmezzo, ASS 3 Alto Friuli, Italy.
Cristina Quaglio
SOC Medicina Generale, AO S. Antonio Abate, Tolmezzo, ASS 3 Alto Friuli, Italy.
Piero Brosolo
SOC Medicina Generale, AO S. Antonio Abate, Tolmezzo, ASS 3 Alto Friuli, Italy.
Vito Di Piazza
SOC Medicina Generale, AO S. Antonio Abate, Tolmezzo, ASS 3 Alto Friuli, Italy.
We present the case of an 80-year old woman affected by the Cronkhite-Canada syndrome. This rare disease was described for the first time in 1955. It is characterized by the growth of multiple polyps in the gastroenteric tract, leading to diarrhea, alopecia, dystrophy of nails and hyper-pigmented skin. In this article, we describe the patient's clinical picture and report the results of laboratory tests and imaging assessments.

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Cronkhite-Canada syndrome: case description. (2014). Italian Journal of Medicine, 8(2), 135-139. https://doi.org/10.4081/itjm.2014.428

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