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A Study on the Shape of Colorectal Hyperplastic Polyps—Consideration of the Importance of the Location—
Author(s) -
OHARA Noboru,
NAGASAKO Kou,
BABA Rika,
YASHIRO Kurato,
SUZUKI Shigeru
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
digestive endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.5
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1443-1661
pISSN - 0915-5635
DOI - 10.1111/j.1443-1661.1992.tb00104.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hyperplastic polyp , rectum , intestinal polyp , distal colon , gastroenterology , hyperplasia , colorectal cancer , colonoscopy , cancer
Sixty‐nine hyperplastic polyps over 6mm in diameter were studied with respect to their size and location. Of these polyps, 47% in the rectum, 35% in the right colon, and 80% in the left colon were pedunculated. In other words, polyps with stalks were prevalent in the left colon. Horizontally growing tumors like hyperplastic polyps tended to be pedunculated depending on their location.