A young man with familial adenomatous polyposis coli: a case report

Familial adenomatous polyposis ( FAP ) accounts for about 1% of colorectal cases in the United States. FAP arises from the germline mutation of the adenomatous polyposis coli ( APC) gene located on chromosome 5Q21.In one third of cases it arises from spontaneous mutation and have no associated famil...

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Main Authors:	Jaafar, Khairul Azhar, Bunn, Andrea
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia 2007
Subjects:	RC Internal medicine
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spelling	iium-236652012-04-24T04:01:57Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/23665/ A young man with familial adenomatous polyposis coli: a case report Jaafar, Khairul Azhar Bunn, Andrea RC Internal medicine Familial adenomatous polyposis ( FAP ) accounts for about 1% of colorectal cases in the United States. FAP arises from the germline mutation of the adenomatous polyposis coli ( APC) gene located on chromosome 5Q21.In one third of cases it arises from spontaneous mutation and have no associated family history. As these polyps will progress to carcinoma the treatment of choice is total colectomy. This report describes a patient with a positive family history of carcinoma of the colon who developed rectal bleeding and was subsequently diagnosed as FAP following a colonoscopy. Faculty of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia 2007 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/23665/1/A_YOUNG_MAN_WITH_FAMILIAL_ADENOMATOUS_POLYPOSIS_1_.pdf Jaafar, Khairul Azhar and Bunn, Andrea (2007) A young man with familial adenomatous polyposis coli: a case report. International Medical Journal Malaysia, 6 (2). ISSN 1823-4631 http://www.eimjm.com/vol6-No2.html
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spellingShingle	RC Internal medicine Jaafar, Khairul Azhar Bunn, Andrea A young man with familial adenomatous polyposis coli: a case report
description	Familial adenomatous polyposis ( FAP ) accounts for about 1% of colorectal cases in the United States. FAP arises from the germline mutation of the adenomatous polyposis coli ( APC) gene located on chromosome 5Q21.In one third of cases it arises from spontaneous mutation and have no associated family history. As these polyps will progress to carcinoma the treatment of choice is total colectomy. This report describes a patient with a positive family history of carcinoma of the colon who developed rectal bleeding and was subsequently diagnosed as FAP following a colonoscopy.
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author	Jaafar, Khairul Azhar Bunn, Andrea
author_facet	Jaafar, Khairul Azhar Bunn, Andrea
author_sort	Jaafar, Khairul Azhar
title	A young man with familial adenomatous polyposis coli: a case report
title_short	A young man with familial adenomatous polyposis coli: a case report
title_full	A young man with familial adenomatous polyposis coli: a case report
title_fullStr	A young man with familial adenomatous polyposis coli: a case report
title_full_unstemmed	A young man with familial adenomatous polyposis coli: a case report
title_sort	young man with familial adenomatous polyposis coli: a case report
publisher	Faculty of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate	2007
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/23665/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/23665/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/23665/1/A_YOUNG_MAN_WITH_FAMILIAL_ADENOMATOUS_POLYPOSIS_1_.pdf
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A young man with familial adenomatous polyposis coli: a case report

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