Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome (Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome, PJS) refers to syndromes of hereditary tumor predisposition and is caused by pathological variants of the STK11 gene, leading to a defect in the synthesis of serine/threonine kinase 11 protein, which acts as a tumor suppressor.Clinical symptoms of the syndrome are combination of hamartomatous polyposis of the gastrointestinal tract and specific skin-mucosal hyperpigmentation. The gene discussed is STK11; the disease is neoplasm.