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High-grade dysplasia associated with fundic gland polyposis in a familial adenomatous polyposis patient, with special reference to APC mutation profiles.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 Nov 2004
Sekine Shigeki, Shimoda Tadakazu, Nimura Satoshi, Nakanishi Yukihiro, Akasu Takayuki, Katai Hitoshi, Gotoda Takuji, Shibata Tatsuhiro, Sakamoto Michiie, Hirohashi Setsuo
Abstract excerpt
We report a patient with familial adenomatous polyposis who developed high-grade dysplasia against a background of fundic gland polyposis. Two large high-grade dysplasia lesions were found in the gastric body, where numerous fundic gland polyps were present. In both lesions, the dysplastic epithelium covered non-neoplastic oxyntic glands that occasionally exhibit cystic changes. A genetic analysis for APC...
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