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ea0029p1822 | Thyroid cancer | ICEECE2012

Prevalence of differentiated thyroid cancer is relevant in patiens with familial adenomatous polyposis: a case-control prospective study

Diazzi C. , Benatti P. , Zirilli L. , Gnarini V. , Madeo B. , Romano S. , Rossi G. , Carani C. , Ponz de Leon M. , Roncucci L. , Rochira V.

Introduction: Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is a dominantly inherited disease characterized by colorectal adenomas, extracolonic gastrointestinal manifestations and extraintestinal diseases. Among them, differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is considered very frequent with an approximately risk 160 times higher than in general population, and with a prevalence of the cribriform-morular variant. As this esteem comes from scattered data, we evaluated in a prospective contro...