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Cronkhite–Canada syndrome is a rare syndrome characterized by multiple polyps of the digestive tract. It is sporadic , and it is currently considered acquired and idiopathic.

About two-thirds of patients are of Japanese descent and the male to female ratio is 3:2. It was characterized in 1955 by internal medicine physician Leonard Wolsey Cronkhite Jr. and radiologist Wilma Jeanne Canada.

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