| Genetic testing is now available to detect polyposis as well as hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer syndrome. |
| Diseases including multiple polyposis of the colon and long-standing severe ulcerative colitis are associated with a high risk for colon cancer, and they can be treated by partial or complete removal of the colon. |
| Ms. Brown received a diagnosis of familial adenomatous polyposis, a genetic condition that causes thousands of tiny polyps to develop on the wall of the colon. |
| For instance, the presymptomatic diagnosis of the mutation causing familial adenomatous polyposis allows the possibility of preventive follow-up and treatment. |
| In colon cancer, familial adenomatous polyposis is very strongly associated with the FAP gene, but it is a rare defect. |
| Generalized juvenile polyposis with pulmonary arterio venous malformations and hypertrophic osteoarthropathy. |
