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Results 1 - 8 of 8 for Polyp of colon
  1. Familial adenomatous polyposis 
    ... may begin to develop multiple noncancerous (benign) growths (polyps) in the colon as early as their teenage years. Unless the ... bones, skin, and other tissues. People who have colon polyps as well as growths outside the colon are ...
    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 
    ... of the following: (1) more than five juvenile polyps of the colon or rectum; (2) juvenile polyps in other parts ... known as juvenile polyposis coli, affected individuals develop polyps only in their colon. People with generalized juvenile polyposis and juvenile polyposis ...
    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. 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
  6. 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
  7. Peutz-Jeghers syndrome 
    ... polyposis PJS Polyposis, hamartomatous intestinal Polyposis, intestinal, II Polyps-and-spots syndrome ... on PubMed Brinster DR, Raper SE. Synchronous colon and pancreatic cancers in a patient with Peutz- ...
    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