Neoplastic and preneoplastic conditions of the large bowel in Iraq

pathological material from [532] patients with colo-rectal disease encountered during a 10- Year period [1981-1990] were reviewed. Colo-rectal carcinoma was diagnosed in [320] patients and was associated in 8.6% of patients with adenomatous polyps and in 1.4% with ulcerative colitis. The overall incidence of adenomatous polyps in this study was [6%]. Increasing size and villous pattern in adenomas correlated with higher incidence of severe dysplasia