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Actinomycosis of the sigmoid colon

The American Journal of Surgery, 1961
Abstract 1. 1. We have presented an instance of actinomycosis of the sigmoid colon treated by resection of the sigmoid colon. 2. 2. Penicillin, achromycin and potassium iodide proved effective in the postoperative management of this disease which was complicated by infection with Escherchia coli in the abdominal wall.
P W, POWERS, S G, KRAMER, W L, DRAKE
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Volvulus of the Sigmoid Colon

Gastroenterology, 1953
Summary Volvulus of the sigmoid colon is the second most common cause for obstruction of the large bowel, should be considered in every case of large bowel obstruction. The roentgenographic findings of a large loop of bowel rising out of the pelvis with only moderate distention of the rest of the colon on the flat plate are pathognomonic of the ...
L T, GABRIEL, D A, CAMPBELL, M M, MUSSELMAN   +2 more
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Volvulus of the sigmoid colon

Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 1979
Sigmoid volvulus in children is quite rare and may occur in acute fulminating form requiring early diagnosis and surgery. In this case, bowel continuity after resection of the necrotic sigmoid was reestablished in a two-stage operation.
D C, Keramidas, C, Skondras, D, Anagnostou, N, Voyatzis   +3 more
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CARCINOMA OF THE SIGMOID COLON

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 1966
Summary1. Carcinoma of the sigmoid colon occurred mostly between 40 and 80 years of age, with the highest incidence between 60–70 years. The disease affected 3 patients in their twenties. Females are slightly more commonly involved.2. Two‐thirds of the patients had a typical non‐urgent mode of presentation.
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Volvulus of the Sigmoid Colon

Southern Medical Journal, 1960
A study of 37 patients with sigmoid volvulus is presented. Subsequent bouts of recurrent volvulus are very common after sigmoidoscopic intubation, and overall mortality rates are high. Surgical resection is the preferred method of treatment.
H W, BOGGS, H H, RATCLIFFE
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Hypernephroma of the sigmoid colon

The American Journal of Surgery, 1951
the body by hypernephroma (socaIIed Grawitz tumor) has been reported. Nowhere in the Iiteratuie couId an instance be found in which metastasis to the mucosa of the coIon had been reported, ala large, firm mass in the Ieft upper abdomen that was thought to be distended coIon. Proctoscopic examination was negative for a distance of 7 inches.
H T, HAYES, H B, BURR
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“Giant Diverticulum” Sigmoid Colon

Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2002
Two years after a successful kidney transplantation for terminal renal insufficiency, a 44-year-old man presented with back pain and tenderness in both sides, which had lasted a few days. Since the transplantation, he had used daily immunosuppression and 15 mg of sodium polystyrene sulphonate daily.
Mulder, Jan-Willem R., Offerhaus, G. Johan A., Drillenburg, Paul, Busch, Olivier R. C.   +3 more
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Radiological anatomy of the sigmoid colon

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy, 2008
The variable incidence of sigmoid volvulus, which depends on the presence of an elongated sigmoid colon, suggests the possibility of variations in the length of the sigmoid colon. This study was undertaken among the three major population groups to prove this hypothesis.Radiological films of patients of the three population groups (African, Indian and ...
T E, Madiba, M R, Haffajee, M H, Sikhosana   +2 more
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Double Tracking in the Sigmoid Colon

Radiology, 1976
Double tracking of barium in the sigmoid colon has been associated with granulomatous colitis by some; others consider it a sign of peridiverticulitis. Patients who showed no evidence of inflammatory disease elsewhere in the large intestine were analysed.
J T, Ferrucci, B D, Ragsdale, P J, Barrett, A L, Vickery, J R, Dreyfuss   +4 more
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Mesenteric pseudocyst of the sigmoid colon

Journal of Gastroenterology, 2003
A 31-year-old woman with right lower abdominal pain was hospitalized. Palpation revealed both tenderness and rebound tenderness in the right lower quadrant of her abdomen. Abdominal ultrasonography (US) indicated a multilocular cystic mass on the right side of the pelvic area, and a computed tomography (CT) scan showed a low-density mass measuring 7 cm
Toshio, Iida, Masahiro, Suenaga, Yuki, Takeuchi, Toru, Kobayashi, Jyunichi, Tobinaga, Mitsuru, Sakai, Hiroharu, Takenaka, Hisahiro, Nomura, Koaki, Oguma   +8 more
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