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The nutritional consequences and neoplastic potential of juvenile polyposis coli

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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Case reports of three teenage patients with nonfamilial diffuse juvenile polyposis are presented to illustrate the considerable morbidity and significant growth retardation that may occur. Although generally considered to have no malignant potential, histologic findings revealed features ranging from adenomatous change to severe dysplasia. It is suggested that a conservative approach may not always be appropriate in this condition.

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  1. Gastrointestinal Clinic, the Departments of Medicine, Surgery and Pathology, the University of Cape Town, and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

    Norman H. Gilinsky M.R.C.P. (U.K.), Michael S. Elliot F.R.C.S. (Eng.), Stephen K. Price M.R.C. Path. & John P. Wright M.R.C.P. (U.K.)

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Support from the Medical Research Council of South Africa is gratefully acknowledged.

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Gilinsky, N.H., Elliot, M.S., Price, S.K. et al. The nutritional consequences and neoplastic potential of juvenile polyposis coli. Dis Colon Rectum 29, 417–420 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02555065

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