DIGESTIVE POLYPOSIS IN TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS - PROBABLY MORE COMMUN THANWAS THOUGHT

Authors
TAHRI N TURKI H TURKI M TRIKI C JLIDI R ZAHAF A KRICHEN MS
Citation
N. Tahri et al., DIGESTIVE POLYPOSIS IN TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS - PROBABLY MORE COMMUN THANWAS THOUGHT, Annales de Gastroenterologie et d'Hepatologie, 32(3), 1996, pp. 123-127
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Annales de Gastroenterologie et d'Hepatologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
00662070
Volume
32
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
123 - 127
Database
ISI
SICI code
0066-2070(1996)32:3<123:DPITS->2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Ten patients (5 male, 5 female, mean age: 29,4 years) with tuberous sc lerosis were investigated for gastrointestinal polyps. Three had adeno matous colonic polyps, one had a single duodenal hamartomatous polyp a nd the fifth a hyperplastic gastric polyp. This high prevalence (50%) should put the gastro-intestinal investigation as a useful test in the diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis, particulary in the incomplete variet ies of disease. Conversly, tuberous sclerosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of digestive polyposis.