title: Colonic polyps: Experience from King Khalid University Hospital.
abstract: To find out the frequency rate and anatomical distribution of colonic polyps in patients attending King Khalid University Hospital, we retrospectively reviewed all colonscopic files between 1406-1415 AH. Of 2772 patients who underwent colonoscopic examination, 109 patients (75 males and 34 females, mean age of 43.5 +/- 19 years) were found to have a total of 188 polyps. There were 73 Saudis; 47 males with a mean age of 48.6 +/- 17.4 years and 26 females with a mean age of 42.4 +/- 17.9 years. Polyp frequency rates in the whole group and in Saudi patients were 3.93% and 4.0%, respectively. There were 124 (66%0 polyps which were sessile. The majority of polyps (82%) were located in the left side of the colon. Tubular and tubulovillous adenoma constituted 89.5% of all histological reports of neoplastic polyps. Synchronous colonic pathology was observed in 32 (29.4%) patients. This shows that the colonic polyp frequency rate is low. The left side of the colon accommodated most of these polyps.
authors: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors: R S
authors: RS
authors: Al Rashed
authors: S M
authors: SM
authors: Al Amri