Histological Distinction between the Granular and Nongranular Types of Laterally Spreading Tumors of the Colorectum

Table 2

Clinicopathological features of patients with laterally spreading tumor included in this study ().

Subtypes of LST	LST-G (16)	LST-NG (16)
	9 Homogeneous/7 nodular mixed	14 Pseudodepressed/2 flat-elevated
Gender (male/female)			0.076
Mean age (years, mean ± SD)			0.153
Mean tumor size (mm, mean ± SD)			<0.01
Tumor location (Colon/Rectum)			0.070
Resection method (ESD/EMR)			0.626
Pathology (adenoma/intramucosal carcinoma)			0.238
Adenoma (tubular/tubulovillous)			0.012
Carcinoma (with adenoma/without adenoma component)			0.635