Mandibular osteomas in familial polyposis coli
- 1 February 1984
- journal article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
- Vol. 27 (2), 105-108
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02553986
Abstract
Orthopantomograms of the mandible were performed on 46 patients with familial polyposis coli having no clinical signs of Gardner's syndrome and on 46 control patients matched according to age and sex. Thirty-five patients (76.1 per cent) and two (4.3 per cent) controls had osteomas (P less than 0.0005). It is concluded that orthopantomography of the mandible is a valuable diagnostic supplement to prophylactic proctosigmoidoscopic examination of first-degree relatives of polyposis patients. Due to the frequent occurrence of mandibular osteomas in polyposis patients without clinically detectable extracolonic manifestations, it is suggested that "Gardner's syndrome" is no longer considered a clinical entity.Keywords
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