A 73-year-old woman was admitted to evaluate for iron deficiency anemia, increased serum creatinine, and ascites. Her colonoscopy revealed a polyp at the junction of sigmoid and descending colon, and after polypectomy, a 6 mm colonic perforation was seen. The perforation was detected by radiography and C...
Objectives: To compare the interobserver variability in the diagnostic of serrated and non- serrated adenomatous lesions and hyperplastic polyps of colon between two groups of pathologists. Methods: 310 colorectal polyps were studied, with histological diagnoses established by a group of pathologists com...
ABSTRACT: Objectives:To assess the prevalence of polyps in patients with a family history of colorectal cancer, in comparison to asymptomatic individuals with indication for screening. Methods: A prospective study in a group of patients who underwent colonoscopy between 2012 and 2014. Patients were divid...
Colon cancer is the third cause of death by cancer in Chile. Virtual CT colonoscopy (VC) is a non-invasive imaging technique in development. The most common indications of VC are screening of colonic polyp, incomplete conventional colonoscopy and staging of colorectal tumors. The objective of our study i...
Se revisaron 100 historias clínicas de pacientes consultados en los años 1998 y 1999 en los servicios de Coloproctología, Gastroenterología y Medicina Interna del Hospital Clinicoquirúrgico Docente "10 de Octubre", con los diagnósticos clínico-imagenológico y endoscópico de pólipos de colon y d...
