Abstract:Abstract: Objective To explore the factors related to the endoscopic morphology, pathological features, and treatment safety of colorectal lateral spreading tumor (LST). Methods 105 patients with LST who had underwent endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for complete or monolithic resection from January 2014 to June 2017 were included, and the relations between their pathological features (i.e., non-invasive mildly and highly atypical tumors, tubular adenomas, villous tubular adenomas, villous adenomas, serrated adenomas, mixed adenomas, and invasive carcinomas) and the patients’ age, lesion site and size, and endoscopic morphology, as well as the safety of endoscopic treatment, were retrospectively analyzed. Results The incidence of colorectal LST was similar in males and females with no statistically significant difference (P > 0.05). The incidence was 31.43% (33/105) among those of 60 years old and younger and 68.57% (72/105) among those older than 60 years old, with a statistically significant difference (P < 0.05). LST was usually found in the rectum, with an incidence of 46.67% (49/105), followed by the ascending colon, with an incidence of 28.57 (30/105), Comparison of incidence rates between rectum and descending colon, transverse colon and ascending colon, with a statistically significant difference (P < 0.05), there was no statistically significant difference in the incidence of non-invasive highly atypical tumors and invasive cancers (P > 0.05 ).The invasive incidence of the granular type lateral spreading tumor (LST-G) was 3.61% (3/83), while that of the non-granular type lateral spreading tumor (LST-NG) was 22.73% (5/22), with a statistically significant difference (P < 0.01). The incidence of the invasive carcinoma with a maximum diameter greater than 20 mm was 5.66% (3/53), while the incidence of that with a maximum diameter no greater than 20 mm was 9.62% (5/52), with no statistically significant difference (P > 0.05). Histologically, the incidence of the low group intraepithelial neoplasia (LGIN) was 39.05% (41/105), while the incidence of the high group intraepithelial neoplasia (HGIN) and above (HGIN including invasive carcinomas) was 60.95% (64/105), with a statistically significant difference (P < 0.01). LST-G and LST-NG had similar occurrences of LGIN, HGIN, tubular adenomas, villous tubular adenomas, villous adenomas, serrated adenomas, and mixed adenomas, respectively, with no statistically significant difference (P > 0.05). After ESD, the incidence of delayed bleeding was 2.86% (3/105), and that of delayed perforation was 0.95% (1/105). The perforated sites were healed through endoscopic hemostasis and purse-suturing, without referral for surgical treatment. After ESD of non-invasive tumor, pathological findings showed two cases with low-grade tubular adenomas at the horizontal margin and one case with uncertain horizontal margin. Endoscopic reviews from 6 months to one year after surgery suggested recurrence in all three cases. There were eight cases of invasive carcinomas. Among them, five cases showed invaded submucosa with the horizontal and basalt margins both clear, without additional surgery. Two cases showed invaded submucosa with tumor emboli found in the vessels and the horizontal and basalt margins both clear, and one case additional surgery was performed with pathological results suggesting no clear cancer residue, no tumor emboli within the vessels, and no metastasis in the mesenteric lymph nodes. One case gave up surgery. Conclusions The incidence of LST was related to age, and lesion site, and the occurrence of invasive carcinoma was related to the morphological features of development. Patients over 60 years old had high incidence of non-invasive highly atypical tumors and invasive carcinomas, especially in the endoscopic finding of invasive carcinoma occurring in LST-NG. Endoscopic treatment of LST is safe and effective with minimal surgical trauma, and the postoperative pathological results can provide reliable evidence for prognosis and further inventions.