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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 +9 more
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A stercoral perforation of the descending colon [PDF]
Journal of the Korean Surgical Society, 2012 This is a case report on a stercoral perforation of the descending colon that was not adequately treated in the first operation. Re-operation was required in order to revise the primary repair site and to remove the impacted fecaloma.
Kang, Jeonghyun, Chung, Min
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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 +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 +5 more
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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 +3 more
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Persistent descending mesocolon: Case report [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2012 Introduction. Positional anomalies of the right half of the colon are quite common whereas positional anomalies of the left half of the colon are much less common because of embryological disorders during the period of the embryological development of
Trebješanin Zoran +5 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 +8 more
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Asian Journal of SurgeryBackground/objectives: Few studies focused on the distribution of lymph node metastasis and outcomes of different dissection levels in descending colon cancer.
Yu-Zu Lin +11 more
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Laparoscopic Synchronous Resection for Descending Colon Cancer and Tailgut Cyst [PDF]
, 2021 A 67-year-old woman underwent polypectomy for a tumor at the descending colon. Pathologically, the tumor was diagnosed as adenocarcinoma with an invasion of 2000 μm.
Katsura, Yuki +11 more
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Survival analysis for colon subsite and rectal cancers: Experience from a single surgeon [PDF]
Korean Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2015 Purpose: The survival rates of patients with colorectal cancers have been well documented in many studies. Some studies have shown that proximal colon cancers have inferior survival rates when compared with distal colon cancers.
Inhwa Lee +5 more
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