"This syndrome was initially described by American physician Leonard W Cronkhite Jr (1919-1996) 6 and American radiology fellow Wilma Jeanne Canada (1926-2017) 5 in 1955, both working at Massachusetts General Hospital 2."
"This syndrome was initially described by American physician Leonard W Cronkhite Jr (1919-1996) 6 and American radiology fellow Wilma Jeanne Canada (1926-2017) 5 in 1955, both working at Massachusetts General Hospital 2."
"Dr Canada became Dr Canada Diner after she married and spent her whole post-fellowship career at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Arkansas, retiring as Professor of Radiology in 1997 5."
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"Fluoroscopy"
"There is a recognised male predilection (M:F 3:2). Patients typically are middle-aged (50-60 years of age) 1. 75% of the ~500 cases in the literature are from Japan 7."
"Polyps are similar to those of juvenile polyposis syndrome except that the mucosa among Cronkhite-Canada syndrome polyps is oedematous and inflammation of the lamina propria is usually present; by contrast, histologically the mucosa between juvenile polyposis syndrome polyps is normal 4."