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Upper gastrointestinal survey in ten patients with familial polyposis of the colon revealed the presence of polyps and/or carcinomas of the stomach or duodenum in eight, including two cases of associated multiple gastric carcinomas with concomitant presence in one case of multiple gastroduodenal adenomatous polyps and in the other without presence of polyp. The rather frequent association of gastroduodenal polyps and cancerous lesions in familial polyposis suggests such association to be a part of the manifestation of this inherited disease and possible malignant change occurring in gastroduodenal mucosa as is generally supposed to be the case in large intestine.
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Ohsato, K., Watanabe, H., Itoh, H. et al. Simultaneous occurrence of multiple gastric carcinomas and familial polyposis of the colon. The Japanese Journal of Surgery 4, 165–174 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02468622
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