OBJECTIVE: To analyze the retrospective results of the anatomopathological study of colonoscopic polypectomies performed at the Sector of Endoscopy of the School of Medicine of Botucatu - UNESP during the years of 2002 and 2003. Material and METHODS: We studied in retrospect the characteristics of the polyps found and removed during colonoscopies performed at our service, including: size, site of appearance and distribution, as well as the reasons for removal and the anatomopathological results. RESULTS: In 100 polypectomies performed in 75 patients we observed that 63% of the polyps were found in the area comprised by the sigmoid and the rectum and 15,8% were found in the left colon; the anatomopathological results showed that most of them had adenomatous features (54%). The patients' age varied between 6 and 92 years, with no predominance of any sex; the main indication for the colonoscopies was history of bleeding. CONCLUSION: We verified the important role of colonoscopies in diagnosing and treating the colorectal cancer; the results found showed that most of colonic polyps are adenomatous, small and distal in their localization.
colonic polyps; adenomatous polyps; colonoscopy; colorectal neoplasms; histology
