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 retrospectively reviewed all colonoscopic files between 1406-1415 AH. Of 2772 patients who underwent colonoscopic examination, 109 patients (75 males 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 years. Polyp frequency rates in the whole group and in Saudi patients were 3.93% and 4.0%, respectively. There were 124 (66%) 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.