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Familial adenomatous polyposis [PDF]
Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is characterized by the development of many tens to thousands of adenomas in the rectum and colon during the second decade of life.
Rozen Paul +2 more
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Familial adenomatous polyposis coli
Background: A 53-year-old male patient with a familial history of colon carcinoma presented with stool changes and abdominal cramps. There was no weight loss nor signs of blood in the stool.
K Boeren, Y Vankan, D Perdieus
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Familial adenomatous polyposis [PDF]
Abstract Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is an autosomal dominant condition resulting in the development of more than 100 adenomatous polyps in the large bowel. In addition, a number of extracolonic manifestations of the condition may occur.
W J, Campbell, R A, Spence, T G, Parks
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Recommendations for clinical and molecular identification of LS, surgical and endoscopic management of LS‐associated colorectal cancer and preventive measures for cancer were produced. The emphasis was on surgical and gastroenterological aspects of the cancer spectrum.
T. T. Seppälä +18 more
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Screening for familial adenomatous polyposis [PDF]
When a serious genetic disorder is diagnosed in the family, an immediate question arises: are other family members at risk? Ethical issues arise when DNA technology allows testing of children for a condition which is unlikely to have significant morbidity until later life. Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) exemplifies this dilemma.
W, Hyer, J M, Fell
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Attenuated Familial Adenomatous Polyposis
A 36-year-old man was diagnosed with multiple gastric polyps by esophagogastroduodenoscopy. Subsequent colonoscopy identified two tubular adenomas, and computed tomography revealed subcutaneous tumors. Based on these findings, we suspected that gastric polyposis was associated with the APC gene, either attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis (AFAP ...
Eizuka, Makoto +8 more
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Familial adenomatous colorectal polyposis complicated by colonic obturation: a clinical case
Background. Colorectal obturation is a fairly rare complication in patients with colorectal polyposis. Case descriptions of colonic obturation with underlying familial adenomatous colorectal polyposis have not been reported to date in national and ...
V. M. Durleshter +3 more
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Desmoid tumor in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis
CONTEXT: Desmoid tumors constitute one of the most important extraintestinal manifestations of familial adenomatous polyposis. The development of desmoids is responsible for increasing morbidity and mortality rates in cases of familial adenomatous ...
Raquel Franco Leal +5 more
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Familial adenomatous polyposis and hypertension [PDF]
In October, 2008, a 36-year-old man was referred to our unit with new onset of hypertension and adrenal hyperplasia. He had been diagnosed with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) in childhood, and had undergone a total colectomy at the age of 17 years. He had been under endoscopic surveillance since, with a recent polyp count of 50–60 (March).
Hopkins, TG +5 more
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Giant adrenal cavernous hemangioma in a patient with familial adenomatous polyposis
Adrenal hemangioma is an uncommon benign vascular tumor that is often discovered incidentally. It has never been reported in association with familial adenomatous polyposis.
Dhouha Bacha +5 more
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