Just had my first pouchoscopy and they found a polyp which surprised me.
Has anyone else had this? It seemed that there is so little rectal cuff left that you would not get a polyp, oh, well. Does everyone get a pouchoscopy yearly?
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In my 23 years with the J pouch I estimate about 20 polyps were removed. Most of them were inflammatory polyps and all were negative for anything other than inflammation. I don't recall where all of them were located. On my last, most recent scope in June, they removed a large one.
I am on an annual scope cycle due to pre-colectomy dysplasia and chronic, 20 year pouchitis. Annual scopes usually are not indicated without these risk factors.
In 20 years with a pouch I have had a number of polyps found and removed during scopes. Like CT, they were all inflammatory and completely benign. My recollection was that they were at or near the cuff.
Jan 
Thanks so much you guys! Makes me feel much better about this.