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cap polyposis

disorder characterized by hundreds to thousands of precancerous colonic polyps beginning at about age 16 years. Colon cancer predisposition syndrome (that is, familial polyposis coli, Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, juvenile polyposis syndrome). Rare disease affecting 1 in 25,000 people; either familial or sporadic; characterized by development of dozens to thousands of hamartomatous (benign) polyps in the stomach.

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References in periodicals archive

pylori had disappearance of cap polyposis following eradication of H.

Kawamura et al., "Possible relationship between Helicobacter pylori infection and cap polyposis of the colon," Helicobacter, vol.

Colonic Abnormalities in Manitoban Children with Helicobacter pylori Gastritis

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