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Pathological characteristics of colorectal polyps
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Histologic classification | |
| Adenoma | 691 |
| Tubular adenoma | 578 |
| Serrated adenoma | 6 |
| Villous adenoma (including tubulovillous) | 107 |
| Inflammatory polyp | 15 |
| Hyperplastic polyp | 12 |
| High-grade dysplasia | 44 |
| Malignant polyp | 5 |
| Location | |
| Left colon (proximal to splenic flexure) | 496 |
| Right colon (splenic flexure and distal to the splenic flexure) | 222 |
