1. Colonic adenocarcinoma in a patient with multiple hyperplastic polyps
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R.E. Kibbelaar, G. Griffioen, C. B. H. W. Lamers, and R.J. Lieverse
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pathology ,Colonic Polyps ,Adenocarcinoma ,Gastroenterology ,Internal medicine ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,Internal Medicine ,medicine ,Carcinoma ,Humans ,Colonic adenocarcinoma ,neoplasms ,Colonic disease ,Hyperplasia ,business.industry ,pathological conditions, signs and symptoms ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,digestive system diseases ,Colon polyps ,surgical procedures, operative ,Hyperplastic Polyp ,Colonic Neoplasms ,business - Abstract
Hyperplastic colonic polyps are considered to be benign. We report the case of a man with multiple hyperplastic colon polyps who developed a colonic adenocarcinoma. The literature on the relation between hyperplastic colon polyps and adenocarcinoma is discussed.
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- 1995
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