title: Pigmented ocular fundus lesions in the inherited gastrointestinal polyposis syndromes and in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer.
abstract: The authors studied pigmented ocular fundus lesions in three different forms of hereditary gastrointestinal polyposis and in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer. Congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium (CHRPE) was present in at least one member of 23 families with Gardner's syndrome. By contrast, CHRPE was not found in three families with familial polyposis coli, four families with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer, and three families with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome. Pigmented ocular fundus lesions of the CHRPE-type appear to be specific to Gardner's syndrome among inherited diseases with gastrointestinal polyposis.
authors.affiliation: Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Traboulsi
authors.forename: I H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Maumenee
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Krush
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Giardiello
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Levin
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Hamilton
mesh_terms: D011125:Adenomatous Polyposis Coli / Q000150:complications*; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D005736:Gardner Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010580:Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye