Multiple adenomas in juvenile polyposis
Sandler, R.S.; Lipper, S.
American Journal of Gastroenterology 75(5): 361-366
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9270 PMID: 7270531 Document Number: 181056
Juvenile polyps are generally considered to have no malignant potential. A 16-yr-old patient with juvenile polyposis coli who presented with diarrhea and hypoproteinemia, is reported. Some of her polyps had adenomatous histologic features and a large villoglandular polyp was present in the cecum. The usual nonoperative management of patients with juvenile polyposis may not be appropriate when the polyps show mixed histology. These patients are at risk to develop malignancy although the magnitude of risk is uncertain.