COLONOSCOPIC EVALUATION OF COLORECTAL PATHOLOGIES

Dr. Albail Singh Yadav; Dr. Richie Sinha; Dr. Ajita Srivastava

Volume : IX, Issue : I, January - 2020

COLONOSCOPIC EVALUATION OF COLORECTAL PATHOLOGIES

Dr. Albail Singh Yadav, Dr. Richie Sinha, Dr. Ajita Srivastava

Abstract :

To evaluate colonoscopy as a diagnostic tool for patient with lower gastrointestinal tract pathology. We studied 70 patient who underwent colonoscopy at M.L.B. Medical College, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. Mostly presenting with symptoms of bleeding per rectum, altered bowel habit , mucous discharge etc. In our study, of all the pathologies, non specific inflammation (25.71%) was the most common pathology encountered followed by malignancy (11.43%), ulcerative colitis (8.57%) solitary ulcer (5.71%), crohn�s disease (1.43%), polyp (2.86%), Internal Hemorrhoid (2.86%), Stricture (1.43%), Proctitis (1.43%) and normal study in remaining (38.57%) cases. Colonoscopy is the best and the first procedure of choice in all patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding.Colonoscopy is also the best modality for diagnosing all the lower GI tract pathologies including inflammatory bowel disease, carcinoma large bowel, rectal polyp etc.