A retrospective study of clinico-pathological characteristics of colonic polyps in adults seen at a tertiary care centre

Objective: to analyse morphological types,location in the large bowel and demographic characteristics of colonic polyps. methods: the retrospective descriptive study was conducted at the department of pathology,sultan qaboos university hospital,muscat,oman,and comprised biopsy specimens of colonic polyps from patients related to a two-year period from 2011 to 2012. demographic data,types of polyps,anatomical location and grade of dysplasia were analysed. spss 20 was used for statistical analysis. results: there were 160 biopsy specimens from 143 patients. of the patients,91(63.6%) were male and 52(36.4%) were female. the mean age was 55.27+-14.2 years. of the 160 polyps,37((23.1%) were in the rectum. the most common type was the adenomatous polyp in 88(55.0%) cases followed by hyperplastic polyps 51(31.9%) and inflammatory polyps 21(13.1%). of the 88 adenomatous polyps,23(26%) showed high-grade dysplasia. conclusion: the commonest colon polyp type was adenomatous polyp. screening programmes,such as stool occult blood testing and colonoscopies,are recommended. � 2017,pakistan medical association. all rights reserved.