Title of article
The Prevalence of Polyp in Colon of Patients with Acromegaly
Author/Authors
Bagher Larijani، نويسنده , , Rasool Aliannejad، نويسنده , , Nasibeh Khaleghnejad-Tabari، نويسنده , , Reza Baradar-Jalili، نويسنده , , Reza Ansari، نويسنده , , Seyed-Mohammad Tavangar، نويسنده , , Fatemeh Bandarian، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
فصلنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2007
Pages
3
From page
236
To page
238
Abstract
Several studies have shown that patients with acromegaly are at increased risk of developing colorectal polyps and cancer. The prevalence of polyp in colon of patients with acromegaly was variously reported between 23% and 53%. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of polyp and cancer of colon in patients with acromegaly. Twenty-three patients with acromegaly were evaluated with colonoscopy for the presence of colonic polyps and cancer. Three patients were found to have colonic polyps. This translates to a prevalence rate of 13%. We recommend that screening colonoscopy be carried out once every three years in all acromegalic patients over the age of 40 years.
Keywords
cancer , colon , polyps , IGF1 , Acromegaly
Journal title
Archives of Iranian Medicine
Serial Year
2007
Journal title
Archives of Iranian Medicine
Record number
662825
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