A Patient With Desmoid Tumors and Familial FAP Having Frame Shift Mutation of the APC Gene

A Patient With Desmoid Tumors and Familial FAP Having Frame Shift Mutation of the APC Gene

Desmoids tumors, characterized by monoclonal proliferation of myofibroblasts, could occur in 5-10% of patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) as an extra-colonic manifestation of the disease. FAP can develop when there is a germ-line mutation in the adenomatous polyposis coli gene. Altho...

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Main Authors: Sanambar Sadighi, Mahsa Ghaffari-Moghaddam, Mojtaba Saffari, Mohammad Ali Mohagheghi, Reza Shirkoohi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2017-02-01
Series:Acta Medica Iranica
Subjects:
Desmoids
Familial adenomatous polyposis
APC gene
Mutation
Online Access:https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/5433

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