[Colonic polyps in children. Experience with polypectomy].
BACKGROUND
Colonic polyp, the most common gastrointestinal tumor in children, is considered a cause of rectal bleeding in the pediatric population. Colonoscopy is the "gold standard" procedure in diagnosis and therapeutic.


OBJECTIVE
To know the incidence and symptomatology of colonic polyps in children to remark on the usefulness of the endoscopic examination. PATIENTS-METHODS AND RESULTS: Between 1985 and 1996, over 1,000 colonoscopies were performed on 50 children between 8 months and 14 years old. The patients had colonic polyps and lower gastrointestinal bleeding. In 40 cases polyps were solitary, 82% were located in rectum sigmoid, and 80% of polyps were found to be juvenile (retention). There were no complications associated with diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy.


CONCLUSIONS
The endoscopic method was shown to be very useful for diagnosis as well as treatment of the colonic polyps in children.
Güitrón
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Depto. de Endoscopia Digestiva, Hospital de Especialidades No 71, Centro Médico Nacional Torreón, Coahuila.
Adalid
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Nares
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Mena
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Gutiérrez
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male