FAP (Familial Adenomatous Polyposis) & PJS: Footnotes
1 An overgrowth of mature tissue in which the elements show disordered arrangement and proportion in comparison to normal. The overgrowth is benign but malignancy may occur in any of the constituent tissue elements.
-From Bantam Medical Dictionary 3rd Edition.
2 A benign tumor of epithelial origin that is derived from glandular tissue or exhibits clearly defined glandular structure. Adenomas may undergo malignant change (see adenocarcinoma). Some show recognizable tissue elements, such as fibrous tissue (fibroadenomas), while others, such as some bronchial adenomas, produce active compounds giving rise to clinical syndromes (see argentaffinoma).
-From Bantam Medical Dictionary 3rd Edition.
3 Human APC2 localization and allelic imbalance. By Jarrett CR, Blancato J, Cao T, Bressette DS, Cepeda M, Young PE, King CR, Byers SW. Cancer Res. 2001 Nov 1;61(21):7978-84.
PMID: 11691822
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