Surgical Management of Multiple Polyposis

Multiple polyposis of the large bowel was probably recognized clinically as early as 1721 by Menzel.¹An increasing awareness of the nature of this disease evolved in the late 1800's and the early years of this century, culminating in the lucid descriptions of hereditary pattern, clinical presentation, and malignant potentiality by Lockhart-Mummery²and Dukes.³ Multiple polyposis is a familial disease transmitted...