International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 4

A rare case of familial adenomatous polyposis

  • Author:
  • D Saxena, M Akhtar, DN Kundra, M Zaki, M Rangwala
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 1006 to 1008

Department of Surgery, NKPSIMS & LMH, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

*Corresponding author email - drdhruvkundra@gmail.com

Online published on 21 October, 2013.

Abstract

FAP is an autosomal dominant disease characterized by numerous polyps, numbering from hundreds to thousands, in intestine. It is a very rare condition with incidence ranging from 1 in 6000 to 1 in 12000 births. In absence of surgical intervention, their malignant transformation is inevitable. We report this case because of its rarity.

Keywords

Familial adenomatous polyposis, Colonoscopy, Adenomatous polyposis coli gene, Ileal pouch-anal anastomosis