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Laboratory findings that may present with familial adenomatous polyposis include [[anemia]] due to [[melena]] and abnormal [[liver function tests]] due to colon cancer metastasis.
Laboratory findings that may present with familial adenomatous polyposis include [[anemia]] due to [[melena]] and abnormal [[liver function tests]] due to colon cancer metastasis.
==Laboratory Findings==
==Laboratory Findings==
Common laboratory findings that may present with familial adenomatous polyposis are:
Common laboratory findings that may present with familial adenomatous polyposis are:<ref name="pmid11446392">{{cite journal |vauthors=Beech D, Pontius A, Muni N, Long WP |title=Familial adenomatous polyposis: a case report and review of the literature |journal=J Natl Med Assoc |volume=93 |issue=6 |pages=208–13 |year=2001 |pmid=11446392 |pmc=2594024 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid20301519">{{cite journal |vauthors=Adam MP, Ardinger HH, Pagon RA, Wallace SE, Bean LJH, Stephens K, Amemiya A, Jasperson KW, Patel SG, Ahnen DJ |title=APC-Associated Polyposis Conditions. |journal= |volume= |issue= |pages= |year= |pmid=20301519 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="HalfBercovich2009">{{cite journal|last1=Half|first1=Elizabeth|last2=Bercovich|first2=Dani|last3=Rozen|first3=Paul|title=Familial adenomatous polyposis|journal=Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases|volume=4|issue=1|year=2009|pages=22|issn=1750-1172|doi=10.1186/1750-1172-4-22}}</ref>
 
*Complete blood count
*[[Anemia]] due to [[gastrointestinal bleeding]]
**[[Anemia]] due to [[gastrointestinal bleeding]]
*Elevated [[liver function tests|liver function]] due to colon cancer [[metastasis]]
**Elevated platelet count
*[[Genetic testing]] is helpful to diagnose familial adenomatous polyposis in 95% of the patients
*[[liver function tests|liver function]]  
**Elevated enzymes due to colon cancer [[metastasis]]
*[[Genetic testing]]


==References==
==References==

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Laboratory findings that may present with familial adenomatous polyposis include anemia due to melena and abnormal liver function tests due to colon cancer metastasis.

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Common laboratory findings that may present with familial adenomatous polyposis are:[1][2][3]

References

  1. Beech D, Pontius A, Muni N, Long WP (2001). "Familial adenomatous polyposis: a case report and review of the literature". J Natl Med Assoc. 93 (6): 208–13. PMC 2594024. PMID 11446392.
  2. Adam MP, Ardinger HH, Pagon RA, Wallace SE, Bean L, Stephens K, Amemiya A, Jasperson KW, Patel SG, Ahnen DJ. "APC-Associated Polyposis Conditions". PMID 20301519. Vancouver style error: initials (help)
  3. Half, Elizabeth; Bercovich, Dani; Rozen, Paul (2009). "Familial adenomatous polyposis". Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 4 (1): 22. doi:10.1186/1750-1172-4-22. ISSN 1750-1172.