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#redirect [[Gastrointestinal_tract_polyps#Cronkhite-Canada_syndrome]]
'''Cronkhite-Canada_syndrome''', abbreviated '''CCS''', is a very rare syndrome with [[hamartomatous polyps]] and ectodermal abnormalities.
 
==General==
Clinical features:<ref>{{Ref PBoD|858-9}}</ref>
*Hamartomatous polyps.
*Ectodermal abnormalities (nail atrophy, skin pigment, alopecia).
 
==Microscopic==
Features:
*Polyps have same morphology as [[juvenile polyp]]s/retension polyps.
*Crypt dilation and edema in non-polypoid mucosa<ref>{{Ref PCPBoD8|430}}</ref> - '''key feature'''.
 
DDx:
*[[Juvenile polyp]].
 
===Images===
*[http://www.surgicalpathologyatlas.com/glfusion/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20090508151729401 CCS (surgicalpathologyatlas.com)].
 
==See also==
*[[Gastrointestinal tracts polyps]].
 
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}


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