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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 21, 2005; 11(43): 6863-6866
Published online Nov 21, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i43.6863
Published online Nov 21, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i43.6863
Table 1 Correlations between clinicopathological characteristics and the presence or absence of lymphoid follicles
| LF1 present (%) | LF absent (%) | P | ||
| Total cases | 1 031 | 280 (27.2) | 51 (72.8) | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 766 | 191 (24.9) | 575 (75.1) | |
| Female | 265 | 89 (33.6) | 176 (66.4) | 0.0064 |
| Location | ||||
| Right - sided colon | 245 | 79 (32.2) | 166 (67.8) | |
| Left - sided colon | 786 | 201 (25.6) | 585 (74.4) | 0.0403 |
| Size (mean)(mm) | ||||
| Depressed + Flat | 10.3 ± 3.4 | 13.9 ± 6.3 | 8.5 ± 5.3 | |
| Protruding | 14.1 ± 9.6 | 17.9 ± 12.0 | 12.8 ± 8.3 | 0.0095 |
| Macroscopic type | ||||
| Depressed + Flat | 217 | 75 (34.6) | 142 (65.4) | |
| Protruding | 814 | 205 (25.2) | 609 (74.8) | 0.0133 |
| Histology | ||||
| Intramucosal neoplasias | 903 | 224 (24.8) | 679 (75.2) | |
| Submucosal cancer | 128 | 56 (43.8) | 72 (56.2) | <0.0001 |
Table 2 Localizations of the lymphoid follicles in each macroscopic types
| Intramucosal LF1 (%) | Submucosal LF (%) | Total | |
| Depressed | 1 (4) | 24 (96) | 25 |
| Flat | 14 (28) | 36 (72) | 50 |
| Protruding | 131 (64) | 74 (36) | 205 |
- Citation: Fu KI, Sano Y, Kato S, Fujii T, Koba I, Yoshino T, Ochiai A, Yoshida S, Fujimori T. Incidence and localization of lymphoid follicles in early colorectal neoplasms. World J Gastroenterol 2005; 11(43): 6863-6866
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v11/i43/6863.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v11.i43.6863