Table 2 Extra-intestinal features in familial adenomatous polyposis
Benign lesionsMalignant lesions
Congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigmented epithelium (70–80%)Thyroid cancer (2–3%)
Epidermoid cysts (50%)Brain tumour (<1%)
Osteoma (50–90%)Hepatoblastoma (∼1%)
Desmoid tumour (10–15%)
Supernumerary teeth (11–27%)
Adrenal gland adenomas (7–13%)