Attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis

Attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis is a form of familial adenomatous polyposis, a cancer syndrome. It is a pre-malignant disease that can develop into colorectal cancer. A patient will have fewer than a hundred polyps located typically in right side of the colon. Cancer might develop as early as the age of five, though typically presents later than classical FAP.^[1]

Attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis
Other names	Attenuated familial polyposis coli
Specialty	Oncology

See also

• Familial adenomatous polyposis
• Birt–Hogg–Dubé syndrome
• Cowden syndrome
• Cronkhite–Canada syndrome
• Juvenile polyposis
• MUTYH
• Peutz–Jeghers syndrome