Table 3 Numbers of polyps detected and morphology by location
Colonic segmentAdenomasHyperplastic polypsOther polyps
WLNBIWLNBIWLNBI
Caecum22 (2)3 (2)5 (2)1 (1)3 (1)
Ascending colon57 (1)5 (2)31 (1)2
Hepatic flexure6 (1)2 (2)41 (1)2 (1)0
Transverse colon53 (2)3 (1)4 (1)32 (1)
Splenic flexure6 (2)2 (1)6 (2)3 (3)33
Descending colon15 (1)24 (2)01
Total proximal colon25 (3)21 (9)23 (7)20 (9)10 (3)11 (2)
Sigmoid colon640
Rectum22 (1)0
Total distal colorectum8 (0)6 (1)0
Total whole colorectum33 (3)29 (8)10 (3)
  • NBI, narrow band imaging; WL, high definition (HDTV) white light examination

  • Values in parentheses refer to the number of lesions detected in each segment which had a flat (Japanese Research Society for Cancer type II) morphology.