Clinical and Genetic Analyses of 38 Chinese Patients with Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of 38 PJS patients.

Characteristic	Patients ()
Demographics, (%)
Familial probands	15 (39%)
Relatives	12 (32%)
Sporadic	11 (29%)
Female	15 (40%)
Male	23 (60%)
Symptoms, (%)
Mucocutaneous pigmentation	38 (100%)
Gastrointestinal polyps	32 (84%)
Abdominal pain	26 (68%)
Surgery	19 (50%)
Gastrointestinal bleeding	18 (47%)
Intestinal construction	17 (45%)
Malignancy	3 (8%)
Reason of initial evaluation, (%)
Intestinal construction	14 (37%)
Family history	10 (26%)
Gastrointestinal bleeding	9 (24%)
Mucocutaneous pigmentation	3 (8%)
Diarrhea	2 (5%)