DIAGNOSTIC YIELD OF COLONOSCOPY IN LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING IN MOSUL
Abstract
https://doi.org/10.31386/dmj.2022.16.1.2
Background: Lower gastrointestinal bleeding is a common morbid condition that entails anxiety for the patient and represents a diagnostic challenge for clinicians. This study aimed to disclose varied causes of colorectal bleeding by colonoscopic examination in Mosul city, north of Iraq.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional retrospective study of (257) patients including174 males and 83 females, presented with lower gastrointestinal bleeding. All patients were subjected to colonoscopy examination in Al-Salam General Hospital in Mosul during a period of two years, from January 2018 to January 2020. Records of included patients were reviewed. Demographic, clinical, and endoscopic findings were collected and analyzed.
Results: Mean age of the patients was 45.4 ±17.7 years, age range 6-90 years. Main causes of lower gastrointestinal bleeding were hemorrhoids, inflammatory bowel disease, colon cancer, and polyps with frequency rates of 28.4%, 26.5%, 13.2%, and 10.9% respectively. Diverticula and vascular malformations comprised 1.9% and 0.4% respectively. Colonoscopy identified colorectal lesions in 92.2% of involved patients.
Conclusions: Majority of lesions causing lower gastrointestinal bleeding can be diagnosed by colonoscopic examination. In Mosul, hemorrhoids, inflammatory bowel disease, and neoplasms were the dominant causes, whereas diverticula and vascular malformations were rare.
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