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Results 1 - 8 of 8 for colon polyps
  1. Familial adenomatous polyposis 
    ... bones, skin, and other tissues. People who have colon polyps as well as growths outside the colon are ... mutations in the APC gene leads to the colon polyps seen in familial adenomatous polyposis. Although most people ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/familial-adenomatous-polyposis - Genetics
  2. Lynch syndrome 
    ... have noncancerous (benign) growths in the colon, called colon polyps. In individuals with this disorder, colon polyps occur at a younger age but not in ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/lynch-syndrome - Genetics
  3. Juvenile polyposis syndrome 
    ... the gastrointestinal tract, typically in the large intestine (colon). The number of polyps varies from only a few to hundreds, even ... 1) more than five juvenile polyps of the colon or rectum; (2) juvenile polyps in other parts of the gastrointestinal tract; or ( ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/juvenile-polyposis-syndrome - Genetics
  4. APC gene 
    ... that leads to the formation of abnormal growths (polyps) in the colon, which can become cancerous. The most common mutation in FAP is a deletion of five building blocks of DNA (nucleotides) in the APC ... cancer, the number of polyps and the time frame in which they become ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/apc - Genetics
  5. Desmoid tumor 
    ... desmoid tumors in addition to abnormal growths (called polyps) and cancerous tumors in the colon. Desmoid tumors that are not part of an ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/desmoid-tumor - Genetics
  6. Pilomatricoma 
    ... Gardner syndrome, which is characterized by multiple growths (polyps) and cancers of the colon and rectum; myotonic dystrophy, which is a form ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/pilomatricoma - Genetics
  7. Peutz-Jeghers syndrome 
    ... Citation on PubMed Brinster DR, Raper SE. Synchronous colon ... Gastrointestinal polyps and cancer in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome: clinical aspects. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/peutz-jeghers-syndrome - Genetics
  8. SMAD4 gene 
    ... genes. This unregulated cell growth can lead to polyp formation in people with juvenile ... SMAD4 gene mutations have also been ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/smad4 - Genetics