Frequency of Synchronous Polyp in Colorectal Carcinoma and Clinicopathological Profile: a Cross Sectional Analytical Study in Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

The object of the study was to characterize the demographic profile, clinical features and frequency of synchronous polyp in patients with colorectal cancer. This was a hospital based cross sectional analytical study among sixty colorectal cancer patients who met the selection criteria and attended in Gastroenterology, Surgery, Medicine and Radiotherapy departments of Dhaka Medical College Hospital from November 2016 to October 2017. Patient's demographic profile, clinical features, presence of synchronous polyp and histopathology of both tumour and polyp were noted. Site distributions of colorectal cancer and polyp were also noted. Comparison of clinical, demographic and pathological characteristics between synchronous polyp group and non-polyp group of colorectal cancer patients were done. Mean age was 42.40±1.64 years (range 16-75 years) and majority (38.3%) were less than 30 years. Forty-one were males (68.3%) and 19 were females (31.7%). Most frequent clinical presentations were altered bowel habit (81.7%), weight loss (78.3%), tenesmus (76.7%) and per rectal bleeding (61.7%). Significant observations (p