Article
Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma and familial adenomatous polyposis: an association?
Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery - 1 Oct 1995
Ferouz A S, Mohr R M, Paul P
Abstract excerpt
Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma is a benign neoplasm affecting the nasopharynx of male adolescents. Two patients treated at Temple University Hospital for this condition were also diagnosed with familial adenomatous polyposis. Familial adenomatous polyposis results from the inheritance of a mutated adenomatous polyposis coli gene in an autosomal dominant pattern. The development of colorectal carcinoma in...
Topics
- Adenomatous Polyposis Coli
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Angiofibroma
- Child
- Chromosome Deletion
- Chromosome Mapping
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Genes, Dominant
- Humans
