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Peutz-jegher syndrome-all are true except

A
Pigmentation of lips & oral mucosa
B
Polyposis of jejunum
C
Radiotherapy is treatment of choice
D
Malignancy occurs rarely
High-Yield Explanation
.PEUTZ-JEGHER'S POLYP * It is common in small intestine (jejunum) but can also occur in large intestine. * Features are multiple, familial, hamaomatous intestinal polyps. * Asssociated with melaenosis of the oral mucosa, lips (lower lip) and occasionally digits (not in tongue). * Microscopically it contains tree like branching filaments of mucosa with smooth muscle wall. * It can occasionally turn into malignancy. ref:SRB&;s manual of surgery,ed 3,pg no 831

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