Diverticulitis in the sigmoid colon presenting with only lower anterior chest pain
Clinical Case Reports, 2021 An 80‐year‐old man who presented with only lower anterior chest pain was diagnosed as sigmoid colon diverticulitis. His chest pain was considered to be referred pain from a disease at sigmoid colon, which should be suspected when other major causes of ...
Masaki Tago +7 more
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Journal of British Surgery, 1977 Abstract The clinical presentation and treatment of 31 consecutive patients with sigmoid volvulus are reviewed. Nearly half of these patients had a history of mental illness and one-third of all patients were chronically constipated.
Robert G. Pickard +2 more
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Benign retroperitoneal schwannoma presenting as colitis: A case report [PDF]
, 2007 We report a case of a patient presenting with clinical , radiological and endoscopic features of colitis due to a compressive left para-aortic mass.
Claes, Kathleen +7 more
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Unusual cause of right iliac fossa pain: sigmoid perforation due to ingested rabbit bone. Case report [PDF]
, 2011 Disorders of an organ not usually found in the right iliac fossa, such as the sigmoid colon, are an uncommon cause of right iliac fossa pain. We present a case of right iliac fossa pain caused by a sigmoid perforation due to involuntary ingestion of a ...
Corazza, F. +4 more
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Screening Relevance of Sessile Serrated Polyps [PDF]
, 2019 Conventional adenomas have historically been considered to be the only screening-relevant colorectal cancer (CRC) precursor lesion. The prevailing paradigm was that most CRCs arise along the chromosomal instability pathway, where adenomas accumulate ...
Kahi, Charles J.
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Isolated sigmoid colon disruption after blunt abdominal trauma: Case report
Radiology Case ReportsIsolated colon injuries following blunt abdominal trauma have been reported at a rate of 0.1%-0.5%, with isolated sigmoid colon injuries involved in only 34.8% of single colon injuries.
Luong Thanh Đat, MD +10 more
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Histopathology report on colon cancer specimens; measuring surgical quality, an increasing stress for surgeons [PDF]
, 2018 Introduction. Improving the quality of surgical resections by evaluating surgical specimens is probably the most important feedback a surgeon can receive.
Bilavschi, Karina +5 more
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Morphometry of the adult sigmoid colon and relation to volvulus
The Annals of African Surgery, 2007 BACKGROUND: The sigmoid colon in Africans is commonly affected by volvulus formation. Anatomical characteristics of this part of the colon could provide some of the contributory explanations for male gender predisposition.
H. Saidi +3 more
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Stercoral Perforation of the Colon during Pregnancy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
American Journal of Perinatology Reports, 2015 Stercoral perforation of the colon, though rare, is associated with high mortality. Review of the literature identified only three prior cases reported during pregnancy.
Anthony B. Costales +4 more
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Association between diverticulosis and colonic neoplastic lesions in individuals with a positive faecal immunochemical test [PDF]
, 2017 Background The association between diverticulosis and colonic neoplastic lesions has been suggested, but data in literature are conflicting. This study aimed to investigate such a relationship in patients participating in a colorectal cancer screening ...
Boggi, R. +7 more
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