Clinical and Medical Case Reports

Gastrointestinal Surgery, St Francis Hospital Nsambya, Kampala, Uganda

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• Case Series   
  Juvenile Rectal and Sigmoid Colon Polyps Treated Endoscopically: A Series of Cases Seen at St. Francis Hospital Nsambya, Uganda
  Author(s): Francis Basimbe*, Ronald Olum, Ignatius Kakande and Hakim Din Iman
  
  Juvenile polyps are common benign mucosal lesions in the gastrointestinal tract, with the colon being a frequently affected site. This case series examined three pediatric patients who underwent endoscopic polypectomy for juvenile polyps in a tertiary hospital. The objective was to analyze their presentation, management and outcomes. The patients in this series all presented with rectal bleeding, which aligns with previous studies highlighting rectal bleeding as the most common symptom in juvenile polyps. Interestingly, none of the patients experienced associated abdominal pain, consistent with findings from studies conducted in Asia. Notably, all the children in this series presented more than a year after the onset of rectal bleeding, indicating a longer duration compared to studies from Asia, where the average was 7.6 months. Endoscopic polypectomy, explicitly .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2684-4915.2023.7.270

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