Repeat colonoscopy’s value in gastrointestinal bleeding

Table 2 New endoscopic findings on the repeat colonoscopy that led to a clinically significant change (n = 25)

Findings	Description	Location
8 previously undetected hemorrhoid lesions (6.5%)	2 small hemorrhoid lesions	Rectum
	2 large hemorrhoid lesions	Rectum
	4 hemorrhoid lesions with no comment on size	Rectum
7 actively bleeding lesions requiring endoscopic interventions (5.7%)	3 arterio-venous malformations	2 in ascending colon
		1 in descending colon
	2 bleeding radiation colitis	Descending colon
	2 bleeding internal hemorrhoids	Rectum
5 previously undetected tubular adenomas (4.1%)	4 smaller-than-1-cm tubular adenomas	1 in sigmoid colon,
		1 in descending colon
		2 in ascending colon
	1 larger-than-1-cm tubular adenoma	Ascending colon
3 radiation colitis (2.43%)		2 in descending colon
		1 in rectum
1 rectal ulcer (0.8%)		Rectum
1 previously undetected cancer (0.8%)	1 large ulcerated mass	Ascending colon