title: Familial adenomatous polyposis in association with thyroiditis. Report of two cases.
abstract: The authors report two patients with familial adenomatous polyposis and thyroiditis. One patient was discovered at autopsy to have in addition, a follicular carcinoma of the thyroid and focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver. The other patient had a sister with familial adenomatous polyposis and a papillary carcinoma of the thyroid. The association between familial adenomatous polyposis and thyroiditis has not been previously reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, State University of New York, Buffalo 14263.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Herrera
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carrel
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Castillo
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Petrelli
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D011125:Adenomatous Polyposis Coli / Q000150:complications*; D000293:Adolescent; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D013966:Thyroiditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology