Colonoscopy in Hong Kong Chinese children

Table 1 Indications and diagnoses of 79 children after colonoscopy

Indications	Diagnoses	n
Painless per rectal bleeding (n = 46)	Colonic polyps	23
	Normal findings	23
Suspected IBD (n = 23)	Crohn’s disease	12
	Ulcerative colitis	1
	Normal findings	10
Miscellaneous (n = 10)	Eosinophilic enteritis	1
	CMV enteritis	1
	GVHD	1
	Multiple colonic haemangioma	1
	Normal findings	6

IBD: Inflammatory bowel disease; CMV: Cytomegalovirus; GVHD: Graft-versus-host disease.

Table 2 Locations of the 25 colonic polyps in 23 children

Locations	n (%)
Rectum	11 (44)
Sigmoid colon	9 (36)
Descending colon	3 (12)
Transverse colon	1 (4)
Ascending colon	1 (4)