Impact Of Diverticulosis On Adenoma/Polyp Detection

Meda, Srikala; Parcha, Siva; Talla, Harish; Vemulapalli, Varun; Vemuru, Tejaswi; Vemuru, Ravikumar

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“…Many studies have been conducted on colonic diverticula but they are heterogeneous due to the different study designs (prospective, retrospective, case-control), the different classes of patients considered (population-based, hospital-admitted, outpatients, etc. ), the various methods employed for the diagnosis of diverticula (barium enema, computed tomography (CT), surgery, endoscopy), and the different diseases for which the evaluations were conducted (diverticular disease, diverticulitis, polyps, adenoma, cancer) ( Table 6 ) [ 1 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 ].…”

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Association of Colonic Diverticula with Colorectal Adenomas and Cancer

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Vernia

Gabrieli³

et al. 2021

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Background and Objectives: Conflicting evidence is reported regarding any association between colonic diverticula with colorectal adenomas or cancer. The present study aimed to evaluate, in a cohort of Caucasian patients, the association between colonic diverticula and colorectal polyps and cancer. Materials and Methods: All consecutive patients undergoing colonoscopy at our institution were included in the study. The presence and location of diverticula, polyps, and cancers were recorded. Histologically, polyps were classified as adenoma (with low or high dysplasia), hyperplastic, or inflammatory. The relative risk of the association of polyps and cancer with diverticula was assessed. Multiple logistic regression analyses, including age, sex, family history for colorectal cancer (CRC), and family history for diverticula, were carried out. Results: During the study period, 1490 patients were enrolled; 37.2% (n = 555) showed colonic diverticula or polyps or CRC (308 males, mean age 66 years). Particularly, 12.3% (n = 183) patients presented only diverticula, 13.7% (n = 204) only polyps or cancer, 11.3% (n = 168) both diseases, and 62.7% (n = 935) neither diverticula nor polyps and cancer. A total of 38 patients presented colorectal cancer, 17 of which had also diverticula. A significant increase in relative risk (RR 2.81, 95% CI 2.27–3.47, p < 0.0001) of colorectal adenoma and cancer in patients with colonic diverticula was found. At multivariate analysis, only diverticula resulted to be significantly associated with colorectal adenomas and cancer (Odds Ratio, OR 3.86, 95% CI 2.90–5.14, p < 0.0001). Conclusions: A significant association of colonic diverticula with colorectal adenoma or cancer was found. This implies that patients with colonic diverticula require a vigilant follow-up procedure for the prevention of colorectal cancer from those applicable to the general population.

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Association of Colonic Diverticula with Colorectal Adenomas and Cancer

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Gabrieli³

et al. 2021

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The relationship between diverticulosis and colorectal neoplasia: A meta-analysis

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Background/Aims Diverticulosis and colorectal neoplasia share epidemiological trends and risk factors which are common in Western countries and incidences increase with age. However, the data on an association between diverticulosis and colorectal neoplasia are conflicting. Thus, we performed a meta-analysis to evaluate whether diverticulosis is associated with colorectal neoplasia. Methods A systematic literature search of PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and SCOPUS was conducted to identify studies that investigated the association between diverticulosis and advanced colorectal neoplasia (advanced adenoma, colorectal cancer), adenomas, or polyps. The demographic characteristics of patients, including age, gender, indication for colonoscopy, confounding factors, and outcomes of colorectal neoplasia were assessed. Results We identified 29 cross-sectional studies (N = 450,953) that investigated the association between diverticulosis and colorectal neoplasia. The meta-analysis found that diverticulosis was not associated with advanced colorectal neoplasia (odds ratio [OR] 0.98, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.63–1.50). Although there was a positive correlation between diverticulosis and adenomas (OR 1.47, 95% CI 1.18–1.84) and diverticulosis and polyps (OR 1.95, 95% CI 1.15–3.31), diverticulosis did not increase the risk of adenomas (OR 1.34, 95% CI 0.87–2.06) in patients who underwent screening colonoscopy. Moreover, all the increased risk of colorectal neoplasia in patients with diverticulosis was observed in published studies only, and not in unpublished ones. Conclusions This meta-analysis demonstrated that diverticulosis is not associated with an increased risk of advanced colorectal neoplasia. Although diverticulosis was associated with a higher risk of polyps and adenomas, the risk was not increased in screening populations. Moreover, the increased risk of colorectal neoplasia in patients with diverticulosis was observed only in published studies and not in unpublished ones.

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Impact Of Diverticulosis On Adenoma/Polyp Detection

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Association of Colonic Diverticula with Colorectal Adenomas and Cancer

Association of Colonic Diverticula with Colorectal Adenomas and Cancer

The relationship between diverticulosis and colorectal neoplasia: A meta-analysis

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