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Table 3 Findings on virtual colonoscopy

From: Virtual colonoscopy, optical colonoscopy, or fecal occult blood testing for colorectal cancer screening: results of a pilot randomized controlled trial

 

Patients with virtual colonoscopy as index screening test

(N = 50)

Subjects with polyp(s)a

8 (16)

 Largest polyp 6 mm to 9 mm

7

 Largest polyp 10 mm or greater

1

Distribution of polyps by size, na

 

 6 mm to 9 mm

8

 10 mm or greater

1

Patients who underwent follow-up optical colonoscopy

5 (10)

 Distribution of polyps by histology, n

 

  Sessile serrated adenoma

3

 Patients with colorectal adenoma(s)

2

 Patients with invasive carcinoma

0

  1. Data are reported as number (percent) unless otherwise indicated
  2. aOnly polyps greater than 5 mm in size were reported (see Methods)