Familial adenomatous polyposis coli

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. An endoscopic colonoscopy procedure showed multiple rectocolic polyps but was incomplete due to a stenosing m...

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Veröffentlicht in:JBR-BTR (Bruxelles) 2011-05, Vol.94 (3), p.112-113
Hauptverfasser: Boeren, K, Vankan, Y, Perdieus, D
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Adenomatous Polyposis Coli - diagnostic imaging
Colonography, Computed Tomographic - methods
Humans
Intestinal neoplasms
Male
Middle Aged
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Zusammenfassung: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. An endoscopic colonoscopy procedure showed multiple rectocolic polyps but was incomplete due to a stenosing mass at the splenic flexure. Biopsies showed multiple adenomata and an invasive adenocarcinoma at the splenic flexure.
ISSN:0302-7430
1780-2393
1780-2393
2514-8281
DOI:10.5334/jbr-btr.524