AN EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY OF STOMACH AND COLORECTAL POLYPS IN LAKONIA AREA

Introduction: Gastric polyps are found accidentally in an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Hyperplastic polyps and adenomas occur in areas where Helicobacter pylori infections are common. On the contrary, in western countries, they appear mainly as cystic glands, where H. pylori infections are less common. Colic polyps are lumps of mucus to the lumen, and when they are too large, they can form intestinal