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Adult Intussusception Caused by Descending Colon Cancer during Chemotherapy of Stomach Cancer Recurrence

Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2012
Intussusception in adults is uncommon, and it is rare in the descending colon because of its fixation to the retroperitoneum. We herein describe a case of intussusception caused by descending colon cancer.
Minoru Fukuchi, Ritsuko Tsukagoshi, Shinji Sakurai, Masaki Suzuki, Hiroshi Naitoh, Hayato Yamauchi, Yuichi Tabe, Takaharu Fukasawa, Shinsuke Kiriyama, Hiroyuki Kuwano   +9 more
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Congenital Membrane Causing Duodenal Obstruction and Malpositioning of the Descending Colon

Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2013
A congenital membrane without intestinal malrotation is a rare cause of duodenal obstruction. Here we present an 11-year-old girl who had suffered from intermittent abdominal cramping pain and vomiting for more than 5 years.
Chee-Chee Koh, Sheng-Hong Tseng, Chia-Chi Weng, Yun Chen   +3 more
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A Case of Advanced Descending Colon Cancer in an Adult Patient with Intestinal Malrotation [PDF]

Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine, 2016
This report presents an operative case of advanced descending colon cancer in an adult patient with intestinal malrotation. A 63-year-old Japanese male was suffering from left side abdominal pain, abdominal distension, and constipation.
Yoshifumi Nakayama, Masaki Akiyama, Yusuke Sawatsubashi, Noritaka Minagawa, Takayuki Torigoe, Keiji Hirata   +5 more
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Right-sided descending colon with necrotizing enterocolitis: a rare case report [PDF]

Frontiers in Pediatrics
BackgroundAnatomical variations of the colon are commonly reported, with the majority involving the right colon. However, anomalies affecting the left colon, particularly the descending colon, are rarely described in the literature.MethodsWe reviewed the
Ting Wang, Shunlin Xia, Mengxu Liu, Youcheng Zhang, Yu Liu   +4 more
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Coiled Descending Colon with Persistent Mesocolon and a Straight Sigmoid Colon – An Unique Congenital Anomaly

Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences, 2016
Descending colon is a retroperitoneal part of colon extending from left colic flexure to the brim of pelvis. Rarely does it have a mesocolon. Descending colon is most commonly affected by ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease and colon cancer.
Satheesha Nayak B, Ravindra S Swamy, Ashwini Aithal P, Ashwini Aithal P   +3 more
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Necrotizing fasciitis of the thigh due to penetrated descending colon cancer: a case report

Surgical Case Reports, 2018
Background Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) caused by colorectal cancer is rare, and very few cases associated with colon cancer have been reported. We describe the case of a patient with NF in the left thigh due to penetration of descending colon cancer who ...
Kentaro Sato, Hitoshi Yamamura, Yoshiyuki Sakamoto, Hajime Morohashi, Takuya Miura, Toru Yoshikawa, Akiko Suto, Satoru Tsuruta, Kenichi Hakamada   +8 more
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Descending colon volvulus in a patient with persistent left mesocolon: A case report

Radiology Case Reports
Persistent descending mesocolon is a congenital anomaly in which the mesentery of the descending colon fails to fuse with the retroperitoneum, resulting in a mobile colon that is suspended by a mesentery extending from the left upper quadrant to the ...
Fabio Laterza, MD, Michele Dezio, MD, Annachiara Ceccherini, MD, Roberta Dattoli, MD, Diletta De Lucia, MD, Mario Di Diego, MD, Federico Cofone, MD, Angela Calabrese, MD, Roberto Calbi, MD   +8 more
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The pattern of lymph node metastasis and the outcome of high and low dissection in descending colon cancer

Asian Journal of Surgery
Background/objectives: Few studies focused on the distribution of lymph node metastasis and outcomes of different dissection levels in descending colon cancer.
Yu-Zu Lin, Yi-Wen Yang, Che-Yuan Chang, Hou-Hsuan Cheng, Sheng-Chieh Huang, Hung-Hsin Lin, Chun-Chi Lin, Yuan-Tzu Lan, Huann-Sheng Wang, Shung-Haur Yang, Jeng-Kai Jiang, Shih-Ching Chang   +11 more
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Postmortem computed tomography of barium peritonitis due to descending colon perforation [PDF]

Radiology Case Reports
We describe herein the findings from postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) of barium peritonitis due to descending colon perforation. The patient was a woman in her 60s who underwent upper gastrointestinal series with barium swallow for the purpose of ...
Norihiro Shinkawa, MD, PhD, Mitsuro Yanagita, MD, PhD, Nobuhiro Yukawa, MD, PhD, Tatsuhiro Nagatomo, MD   +3 more
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Metastasis of malignant melanoma to the urinary bladder & descending colon: A case report and literature review

Urology Case Reports
We present a case demonstrating metastases of malignant melanoma (MM) to the urinary bladder (UB) and descending colon (DC). With review of literature, it was determined that the metastases of MM to both the urinary bladder and descending colon in a ...
Marwin Anandrati, Vidhi Maini, Armand Asarian, Philip Xiao   +3 more
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