2011
DOI: 10.1097/mpg.0b013e3182198f4d
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Evaluation of Guidelines for Management of Familial Adenomatous Polyposis in a Multicenter Pediatric Cohort

Abstract: Defining optimal screening and therapeutic modalities in pediatric FAP cohorts is a challenge. Specific advice for genetic screening, endoscopy surveillance, and type of surgery based on recent guidelines is recommended.

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“…In the diagnosis of adenomatous polyps in this case series, the patients were asymptomatic in most cases and were submitted to a colonoscopy due to a family history of PAF, which is in accordance with findings reported in the literature (12,28) . Patients with PAF were asymptomatic within the pediatric age group, with only rare symptomatic cases before the second decade of life (10,11) , when the main manifestation appears as intermittent rectal bleeding, followed by abdominal pain, anemia, and diarrhea, which is similar to that found in the present case series.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 79%
“…In the diagnosis of adenomatous polyps in this case series, the patients were asymptomatic in most cases and were submitted to a colonoscopy due to a family history of PAF, which is in accordance with findings reported in the literature (12,28) . Patients with PAF were asymptomatic within the pediatric age group, with only rare symptomatic cases before the second decade of life (10,11) , when the main manifestation appears as intermittent rectal bleeding, followed by abdominal pain, anemia, and diarrhea, which is similar to that found in the present case series.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 79%
“…By age 20, most patients have at least 1 adenomatous polyp; by age 50, most have developed adenocarcinoma [44]. Thus, the recommended treatment for FAP is prophylactic colectomy in young adulthood [45]. …”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A large case series also showed the importance of surveillance in paediatric FAP carriers of whom a considerable proportion with malignancies required treatment. 15 The choice of using invasive prenatal procedures or postnatal cord blood testing to confirm a PGD diagnosis depends on discussion between the couple and the multidisciplinary team about the variable presentation of different syndromes.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%