Patient characteristics
As table 1 shows, 102 PJS patients (including 8 children) with a mean
age of 28.7 years (range 13-55y), were enrolled in our study. The
male/female sex ratio was 40/62. Among them, 43 (42.2%) patients had a
family history of PJS. Moreover, 82 (80.4%) patients had a previous
history of laparotomy. 23 patients had two or more hospitalizations.
Regarding the history of cancer, 18 patients were diagnosed with cancer
(breast cancer in three, colorectal cancer in three, and ovarian cancer
in two, lung cancer in two, thyroid cancer in two, Cervical cancer in
two, duodenal malignancy in two, and gastric cancer in two).