Muhammad Irfan, Asim Saleem, Aftab Mohsin, Salma Batool, Ghulam Mustafa Aftab, Ahsen Naqvi.
Retrospective Analysis of Colorectal Polyps Diagnosed on Sigmoidoscopy : Only possible to predict in children.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;12(1):280-2.

Aim : To analyse the characteristics of colorectal polyps diagnosed during sigmoidoscopy and to discover if it is possible to predict their presence, at liver clinic, Lahore . Study design: Retrospective cohort study Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of 82 patients in which colorectal polyps were detected during sigmoidoscopy. The age of the patients, count of the polyps and the distance of the polyps from the anal verge were the quantitative variables while the gender, age groups, indication for sigmoidoscopy, presence of stalk and anatomical distribution were the qualitative variables. The data was analyzed on SPSS version 15; where means and standard deviations were calculated for quantitative variables, and frequencies and percentages for qualitative variables. Results : Colorectal polys were found in 82 (8.2%) patients from a total of the 1004 patients who underwent sigmoidoscopy. Amongst these 82 patients, major gender was male 61(74.4%) and mean age was 37.54+/-18.27. in 55 patients, polyps were sessile while in 27 patients they were pedunculated.70 patients had countable polyps while 12 had numerous polyps (polyposis). among 70 patients with countable polyps, 60 had solitary polyps, 9 had 2 polyps and one patient had 4 polyps. among 12 patients with polyposis, 8 had pseudopolyps associated with colitis while 4 were diagnosed as suffering from familial adenomatous polyposis (fap). the mean distance of the countable polyps from the anal verge was 19.69+/-10.19. the distribution of the countable polyps was as follow. Conclusion : Colorectal polyp is a common finding on sigmoidoscopy. in majority patients, polyps are solitary, sessile and distal in distribution.

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