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Cranial desmoid tumor associated with homozygous inactivation of the adenomatous polyposis coli gene in a 2-year-old girl with familial adenomatous polyposis

✍ Scribed by Deepthi C. de Silva; Morag F. Wright; David A. J. Stevenson; Caroline Clark; Elizabeth S. Gray; John D. Holmes; John C. S. Dean; Neva E. Haites; Malcolm G. Dunlop

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Weight: 502 KB
Volume: 77
Category: Article
ISSN: 0008-543X
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19960301)77:5<972::aid-cncr25>3.0.co;2-#

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BACKGROUND.

Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is a dominantly inherited disorder characterized by the presence of more than 100 adenomatous polyps in the colon and rectum starting in the second decade of life. FAP is associated with extra colonic manifestations, including desmoid tumors.

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