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Ocular findings in familial adenomatous polyposis

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Background: Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)lesions are predictive congenital phenotypic markersfor familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). Thisprospective screening study aims at assessing theincidence and significance of these lesions in FAPpatients and their family members.Methods: Sixty-two members from three familiesincluding five patients with the diagnosis of FAP havebeen ophthalmologically surveyed. All RPE lesions weredocumented with fundus photography and fluoresceinangiography was performed in 13 subjects.Sigmoidoscopy and/or radiological examination wereperformed annually in 9 family members with typicalRPE lesions during 4 years to allow early diagnosis ofFAP.Results: Typical RPE lesions were present infive FAP patients and 15 family members.Telangiectatic dilatations in the retinal peripherywith small dot-like hemorrhages were detected in 6subjects from 3 families These lesions wereparticularly evident on fluorescein angiography.Annual colon analysis showed polyps in 3 out of 9subjects who were positive for RPE lesions.Conclusion: RPE lesions are valuable as aclinical marker in predicting FAP. The co-existingperipheral vascular alterations which have not beenreported before, are probably related to FAP.

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  1. Ophthalmology Dept., Uludag University, Faculty of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey

    ö. Gelisken & A. Yücel

  2. State Hospital, Bursa, Turkey

    K. Güler

  3. General Surgery Dept., Uludag University, Faculty of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey

    A. Zorluoglu

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Gelisken, ö., Yücel, A., Güler, K. et al. Ocular findings in familial adenomatous polyposis. Int Ophthalmol 21, 205–208 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005957406770

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  • congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium
  • familial adenomatous polyposis
  • peripheric vascular alterations