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- Title
The use of colonoscopy in the study of synchronous colorectal neoplasms.
- Authors
Pagana, Timothy J.; Ledesma, Eliuh J.; Mittelman, Arnold; Nava, Hector R.; Pagana, T J; Ledesma, E J; Mittelman, A; Nava, H R
- Abstract
Over a 5-year period, 185 patients with primary colorectal carcinoma were studied by colonoscopy for synchronous neoplasms. Twenty-eight patients had incomplete examinations due to obstructing tumors, and 157 had total colonoscopy. Sixty patients (35.9%) had synchronous neoplasms, of which 43 (25.7%) were adenomatous polyps, 5 (3%) were villous polyps, and 12 (7.2%) were carcinomas. The planned surgical procedure was altered on 7 of 12 synchronous cancers (58.3%), 10 of 38 adenomatous polyps, and 17 of 157 (10.8%) patients who underwent total colonoscopy. Preoperative colonoscopy is deemed essential for the optimal management of the patient with colorectal carcinoma.
- Publication
Cancer (0008543X), 1984, Vol 53, Issue 2, p356
- ISSN
0008-543X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1002/1097-0142(19840115)53:2<356::AID-CNCR2820530231>3.0.CO;2-G