CLINICAL STUDIES ON POLYPOSIS COLI

Clinical Studies on Familial Adenomatous Polyposis

Juvenile polyposis coli.

The term 'polyposis coli' applies to a condition of multiple polyps of the large intestine and is used synonymously with 'familial polyposis' and 'multiple adenomatosis'. The latter name emphasizes the fact that the individual polyps of this disease in no way differ from adenomas observed as solitary lesions. The object of this paper is to describe the histopathology, clinical features, and fam...

Familial adenomatous polyposis coli.

The other mode of treating these patients are subtotal colectomy with ileorectal anastomosis alongwith regular follow up with proctoscopy for development of cancer in retained rectal mucosa(3,7). Recently, Stevan et al. (8) utilized laproscope for total proctocolectomy as well as ileoanal anostomosis while others performed ileopouch anal anastomosis alongwith total proctocolectomy(9,10). Thus t...

Familial Polyposis Coli

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Juvenile polyposis coli.

A FEW decades ago intestinal polyposis was regarded as a single entity, but increasing knowledge has led to the identification of a number of different syndromes. The term polyposis coli is usually taken to mean familial adenomatosis coli, a premalignant condition occurring in adolescents and adults. Although there have been many reports of colonic polyposis in children, discussions on the subj...