Rectal Polyps in Children. Hospital San Bartolomé, 1984 - 1996

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  • Nery Romero Rojas Instituto de Patología Facultad de Medicina Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos Lima, Perú
  • Luis Sánchez Hospital Materno Infantil San Bartolomé Lima, Perú
  • Luis Alcántara Hospital Materno Infantil San Bartolomé Lima, Perú
  • Luis Aquino Hospital Materno Infantil San Bartolomé Lima, Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v61i1.4256

Keywords:

Colonic Polyps, Rectum, Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage, Gastrointestinal Neoplasms

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To determine the main characteristics of rectal polyps in children in our hospital. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We studied the main clinical and anatomopathological features of 58 cases of rectal polyps in children at Hospital San Bartolomd, from 1984 to 1996. RESULTS: All polyps were histologically of Juvenile type. Mean age was 5,5 - years - old; males were 43 cases (74%), females were 15 cases (26%). The commonest symptoms were rectal bleeding in 54 cases (93%) and tumors in 24 cases (41%). 13 of them sized less than 1 cm (22%), 29 between I to 1,9 cms.(50%), 11 (19%) between 2 to 2,9 cms and 5 sized 3 cms. Length of disease was between I to 6 months in 59% (34 cases), one patient had sudden onset and the longest term was 3 years. We found 57 cases (98%) of single polyps and in only one case was multiple and familiar. CONCLUSIONS: Rectal polyps were tumoral lesions frequent in children. Painless rectal bleeding was the most frequent symptom. Single lesions predominated and Juvenile type was the most common. Mean age was 6 - years old (range from 3 to 8 - years - old).
Vol 61, No 1 (2000)

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2000-03-13

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Romero Rojas N, Sánchez L, Alcántara L, Aquino L. Rectal Polyps in Children. Hospital San Bartolomé, 1984 - 1996. An Fac med [Internet]. 2000 Mar. 13 [cited 2025 Jun. 6];61(1):55-9. Available from: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/4256