title: [Interest in ophthalmologic examination for familial adenomatous polyposis].
abstract: We describe the clinical history of four patients belonging to a familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) family. We stress the importance of a fundus examination for the screening of carriers of the gene responsible for familial adenomatous polyposis.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Ophtalmologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège, Belgique.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Collignon
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Collignon-Brach
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Galand
mesh_terms: D011125:Adenomatous Polyposis Coli / Q000150:complications*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics