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The Characteristics of Diverticular Disease in Caribbean Population: A Control Group Study

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2022
Background. Diverticulosis is not well characterized in the Caribbeans. Our aim was to compare the anatomical presentation of colonic diverticulosis in African Caribbeans (group AC) versus Europeans (group E) and severity. Methods.
Moana Gelu-Simeon, Matthieu Schnee, Marie-Josée Lafrance, Pauline Plazy-Chabrand, Anne-Sophie Schneck, Georgette Saint-Georges, Marceline Alexis, Stéphanie Delumeau, Philippe Montigny, Roger Faroux, Jérome Dimet, Eric Saillard   +11 more
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Colorectal Cancer and Polyps in Diverticulosis Patients: A 10-Year Retrospective Study in 13680 Patients

Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2019
Introduction. Shared by certain epidemiological and etiological characteristics, diverticulosis and colorectal cancer (CRC) as well as colonic polyps has long been linked.
Fadi Abu Baker, Jesus Alonso Z'cruz De La Garza, Amir Mari, Abdel-Rauf Zeina, Amani Bishara, Oren Gal, Yael Kopelman   +6 more
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Small Bowel Diverticulosis Causing Pneumoperitoneum without Peritonitis: A Case Report

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology, 2018
Small bowel diverticulosis is a rare finding, with varied clinical presentations, which make the diagnosis difficult and delayed. Many cases are asymptomatic. However, it is an entity that can present with fatal complications.
Geena Benjamin, Agnes Thomas, Mathew Koshy   +2 more
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Risk factors for severity and recurrence of colonic diverticular bleeding [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Colonic diverticular bleeding is the most common cause of lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Risk factors related to severity and repeated bleeding episodes are not completely clearly defined.
Antunes, Artur, Caldeira, Paulo, Eusébio, Marta, Guerreiro, Horacio, Joaquim, Natércia   +4 more
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Does Colonic Diverticulosis Raise the Risk of Colorectal Adenoma in Patients with Colorectal Cancer?

Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2019
Background. The aim of this study was to evaluate the risk of development of colorectal adenomas in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) with and without colonic diverticulosis. Methods.
Yeon-Ji Kim, Dae Bum Kim, Woo Chul Chung, Ji Min Lee   +3 more
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Fruit and vegetable consumption is associated with lower prevalence of asymptomatic diverticulosis: a cross-sectional colonoscopy-based study

BMC Gastroenterology, 2020
Background Previous studies of the relationship between dietary factors and risk of diverticulosis have yielded inconsistent results. We therefore sought to investigate the association between consumption of fruit and vegetables and prevalent ...
Benjamin Maxner, Jessica McGoldrick, Danielle Bellavance, Po-Hong Liu, Ramnik J. Xavier, Joseph C. Yarze, Rocco Ricciardi, Kyle Staller, Daniel C. Chung, Hamed Khalili   +9 more
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Probiotics in the treatment of diverticular disease. A systematic review [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Diverticular disease is a common gastrointestinal condition. Low-grade inflammation and altered intestinal microbiota have been identified as factors contributing to abdominal symptoms.
ANNIBALE, Bruno, Bellisario, Cristina, ESPOSITO, GIANLUCA, Hassan, Cesare, LAHNER, EDITH, Zullo, Angelo   +5 more
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Difficult diagnosis of an air‐containing, abscess‐like, and mass‐like pancreatic head lesion

Clinical Case Reports, 2021
Duodenal diverticulosis can be a difficult CT diagnosis and should be considered in the differential diagnosis when a periduodenal mass‐like structure that may contain air, air‐fluid level, or oral contrast material is depicted.
Antigoni Xenou, Eugenia Vranou, Konstantinos A. Boulas, Maria Nathanailidou, Eytyxia Kyriakidou, Konstantinos Sitaridis, Isaac Filippidis, Anestis Hatzigeorgiadis   +7 more
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Colonic Ganglioneuroma: A Combined Single-Institution Experience and Review of the Literature of Forty-Three Patients

Diseases, 2023
Ganglioneuromas (GNs) are rare, benign tumors composed of ganglion cells, nerve fibers, and glial cells. Three types of colonic GN lesions exist: polypoid GNs, ganglioneuromatous polyposis, and diffuse ganglioneuromatosis.
Hisham F. Bahmad, Sally Trinh, Linda Qian, Kristy Terp, Ferial Alloush, Mohamad K. Elajami, Ekim Kilinc, Robert Poppiti   +7 more
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Lactococcus garvieae endocarditis in a patient undergoing chronic hemodialysis. First case report in Chile and review of the literature [PDF]

, 2017
Indexación: Scopus; Scielo.Los casos reportados de infección por Lactococcus garvieae son escasos y sólo uno asociado a hemodiálisis. Comunicamos el caso de endocarditis infecciosa de curso fatal por L.
Clavero, R., Escobar, J., Merello, L., Ramos-Avasola, S., Álvarez, F.   +4 more
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