Schwartz A M, McCauley R G
Radiology. 1976 Nov;121(2):441-4. doi: 10.1148/121.2.441.
Two cases of juvenile gastrointestinal polyposis are described and the literature is reviewed. Despite the benign nature of the individual polyps, the disease has a poor prognosis. Of 13 reported patients, 4 had macrocephaly, and one of the authors' 2 patients had large peripheral intracranial cysts. This appears to be the first reported documentation of the etiology of macrocephaly associated with juvenile polyposis. Major clinical problems are related to severe loss of blood and protein from the gastrointestinal tract.
本文描述了两例青少年胃肠道息肉病患者，并对相关文献进行了综述。尽管单个息肉为良性，但该疾病预后较差。在13例报告的患者中，4例有巨头症，本文作者的2例患者中有1例有较大的外周颅内囊肿。这似乎是首次报道的与青少年息肉病相关的巨头症病因。主要临床问题与胃肠道严重失血和蛋白质流失有关。
