Familial polyposis coli with villous adenoma of ampulla of Vater.
Adenoma of the ampulla of Vater is one of the extracolonic manifestations of familial polyposis coli (FPC). We report three patients with FPC in whom villous adenoma of the ampulla was detected. An adenoma carcinoma sequence has been suggested in such lesions.
Jagannath
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Department of Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Center, Parel, Bombay.
Patil
P
P
Dhir
V
V
Desai
D C
DC
Mohandas
K M
KM
Swaroop
V S
VS
Krishnamurthy
S C
SC
DeSouza
L J
LJ
D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology*; D011125:Adenomatous Polyposis Coli / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D014670:Ampulla of Vater; D003138:Common Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology