Colorectal polyps and carcinoma in Southern Iran
- 1 January 1977
- Vol. 39 (1) , 274-278
- https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0142(197701)39:1<274::aid-cncr2820390142>3.0.co;2-1
Abstract
A study was made of the prevalence of colorectal polyps (excluding juvenile polyps, familial polyposis coli and villous adenomas) and the minimum frequency of colorectal carcinoma in Southern Iran. A total of 801 large intestines from necropsies performed on individuals 20 years or older was examined with or without magnifying lens for presence of polyps. Our prevalence rate was then compared with those reported on postmortem material from the USA, Australia, South Africa (Bantus), Colombia, and Hawaii (Japanese immigrants). Our surgical pathology files were reviewed for colorectal polyps over a 22-year period (1952–1973). Colorectal carcinomas diagnosed in the Department of Pathology were reviewed over 11 years (1963–1973) and the minimum frequency rates compared with corresponding age- and sex-specific incidence rates from Connecticut, USA. The data indicate 1) a very low prevalence rate for colorectal polyps as well as carcinoma in our region and 2) a rather striking predominance of right-sided colonic carcinoma.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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