Almost all patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) develop duodenal polyps, the severity of which is graded stage 1 (minor) to stage V (cancer). Regular endoscopy is recommended for all pat...
BACKGROUND: Patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) are at risk for adenomas and cancers in the duodenum but the ideal management of duodenal polyposis remains uncertain. METHODS: The outco...
Upper gastrointestinal polyps are being recognized with increasing frequency in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis. Duodenal and periampullary adenomas are the most common type and have poor...
The hereditary polyposis syndromes and non-polyposis colorectal carcinoma have been considered as scarcely occurring but inheritable dominant autosomal syndromes. The increasing risk of small bowel ca...