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Unusual Presentation of a Sigmoid Mass with Chicken Bone Impaction in the Setting of Metastatic Lung Cancer

Case Reports in Surgery, 2019
Background. Ingestion of foreign bodies can cause various gastrointestinal tract complications including abscess formation, bowel obstruction, fistulae, haemorrhage, and perforation.
Ziad Zeidan, Zarnie Lwin, Harish Iswariah, Sheyna Manawwar, Anitha Karunairajah, Manju Dashini Chandrasegaram   +5 more
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Use of Laxative-Augmented Contrast Medium Increases the Accuracy in the Detection of Colorectal Neoplasms

Diagnostics
Colonic adenomas are considered a precursor of colorectal cancer. A 75-year-old woman had a history of post-operation left breast cancer. She received an excision when the left chest wall recurred.
Li-Yu Chen, Jong-Dar Chen, Yen-Kung Chen
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First reports of computed tomographic colonography for the screening of colorectal polyps in acromegalic patients [PDF]

, 2008
*Aim:* To analyze the CTC performance for the screening of colorectal polyps in acromegalic patients. *Materials and Methods:* A prospective study of 21 acromegalic patients, 12 male and 9 female, average age 49, who underwent CTC ...
Anke Boeving, Benito Parolim, Cé, Jú, Joã, Odery Ramos Jr, Ricardo De Bem, Sandra Teixeira   +7 more
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Colovesicular Fistula [PDF]

, 2012
A fistula is an atypical connection between two epithelial surfaces, in the case of an enterovesical fistula between the urinary and gastrointestinal systems. These may be the result of a number of causes including: 1.
Attard, Caroline, Lauretta Agius, Daniele   +1 more
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Feasibility study on the design of a probe for rectal cancer detection [PDF]

Rectal examination techniques are considered in terms of detection capability, patient acceptance, and cost reduction. A review of existing clinical techniques are considered in terms of detection capability, patient acceptance, and cost reduction.
Anselm, V. J., Frazer, R. E., Lecroisset, D. H., Roseboro, J. A., Smokler, M. I.   +4 more
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Comparison of CT colonography, colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy and faecal occult blood tests for the detection of advanced adenoma in an average risk population. [PDF]

, 2009
A C Wagner, A Graser, A Lottes, B Goke, C R Becker, C Schafer, D Horst, D Nagel, D Seidel, F T Kolligs, H Diepolder, H J Roth, H Kramer, J Schirra, K Nikolaou, M F Reiser, P Stieber, S Geisbusch   +17 more
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Sigmoid–sigmoid colon fistula caused by diverticulitis

Chinese Medical Journal, 2022
Jeonghun Lee, Young Joo Lee, Youngsun Kim, Yuanyuan Ji   +3 more
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Percutaneous endoscopic colostomy: A new technique for the treatment of recurrent sigmoid volvulus

The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2010
Sigmoid volvulus is a common cause of large bowel obstruction in western countries and Africa. It accounts for 25% of the patients admitted to the hospital for large bowel obstruction.
Al-Alawi Ibrahim
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Functional bowel disease : a challenging frontier in gastroenterology [PDF]

, 1999
The last 30 years have seen incredible advances in the science and practice of gastroenterology and hepatology. In the 1970s, the fiberoptic endoscopic revolution facilitated the visualization of the mucosa of a large segment of the gastrointestinal ...
Camilleri, Michael
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Could surgery be the gold standard in moderate and severe ischaemic colitis? Atypical case description and review of literature [PDF]

, 2014
D’Souza, R, Mekonnen, E, Tacci, S, Varcada, M, Virdis, F   +4 more
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