Colorectal polyps: an important cause of rectal bleeding.
Seventy one children with rectal bleeding were examined by total fibreoptic colonoscopy. Large bowel polyps were found in 45; 27 (60%) had solitary rectal polyps. Altogether, 83% of resected polyps were juvenile. No complication of colonoscopic polypectomy occurred. New polyps reoccurred in four (9%) treated children.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000150:complications*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007417:Intestinal Polyps / Q000150:complications*; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*