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Case Reports
. 2019 Dec 19;8(1):92-95.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.2616. eCollection 2020 Jan.

Juvenile polyposis syndrome

Tasadooq Hussain  1 , James M Church  1
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Case Reports

Juvenile polyposis syndrome

Tasadooq Hussain et al. Clin Case Rep. .

Abstract

Juvenile polyposis syndrome (JPS) patients can have a significantly high burden of polyposis. Patient who undergoes prophylactic colectomy for polyps not amenable to endoscopic treatments requires close clinical surveillance to negate risk of malignancy from interval polyposis.

Keywords: adenomatous polyps; colorectal cancer syndromes; hereditary polyposis; juvenile polyps.

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Conflict of interest statement

None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Patient postexcision of pouch and end ileostomy. New juvenile polyps detected on interval clinical surveillance
Figure 2
Figure 2
Patient had excision of polyps using electro‐cautery in the clinic for a definitive pathological diagnosis of dysplasia or cancer
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