Comprehensive Treatment of Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review

February 2023 in “ Medicine ”

Hailong Hu, Yating Wu, Yaqin Zhang, Li Zhang, Jianfa Zhang, Rui Zhang

TLDR Traditional Chinese medicine may help relieve symptoms of Cronkhite-Canada syndrome.

Cronkhite-Canada syndrome (CCS) was a rare condition with no specific treatment available. Traditional Chinese medicine showed potential in greatly relieving clinical symptoms in patients with CCS. However, the effectiveness of this approach needed to be verified through large sample, multi-center, long-term treatment follow-up studies.

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research Recombinant Thrombomodulin Used to Successfully Treat Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome with Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Due to Sepsis in a Compromised Patient

3 citations , June 2018 in “Internal Medicine”

Recombinant thrombomodulin can effectively treat severe complications in Cronkhite-Canada syndrome.

research Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome: Case Description

1 citations , February 2014 in “Italian journal of medicine”

An 80-year-old woman with Cronkhite-Canada syndrome had multiple polyps and symptoms like diarrhea, hair loss, nail issues, and dark skin.