Serrated Polyps at CT Colonography: Prevalence and Characteristics of the Serrated Polyp Spectrum.

ABSTRACT: Purpose To report the prevalence and characteristics of serrated polyps identified in a large, average-risk population undergoing screening computed tomographic (CT) colonography. Materials and Methods This HIPAA-compliant retrospective study was approved by the institutional review board of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. The need for informed consent was waived. Nine thousand six hundred examinations from 8289 patients were enrolled in a single-institution CT colonography-based screening program (from 2004 to 2011) and were evaluated for the presence of nondiminutive serrated lesions and advanced adenomas. The prevalence and characteristics of these lesions were tabulated. Generalized estimating equation regressions of polyp characteristics that may cont

SUBMITTER: Kim DH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5510740 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature