COLONIC POLYPS - EXPERIENCE FROM KING-KHALID-UNIVERSITY-HOSPITAL

To find out the frequency rate and anatomical distribution of colonic polyps in patients attending King Khalid University Hospital, we retro spectively reviewed all colonoscopic files between 1406-1415 AH. Of 27 72 patients who underwent colonoscopic examination, 109 patients (75 m ales and 34 females, mean age 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 y ears. Polyp frequency rates in the whole group and in Saudi patients w ere 3.93% and 4.0%, respectively. There were 124 (66%) polyps which we re 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 pat hology was observed in 32 (29.4%) patients. This shows that the coloni c polyp frequency rate is low. The left side of the colon accommodated most of these polyps.