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Irish Journal of Medical Science, 2004
Over 100 giant colonic diverticuli have been recorded in the literature to date. The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and pathophysiology of their aetiology have rarely been described.To report a giant colonic diverticulum along with the MRI of this clinical entity.An 87 year old female presented with symptoms of tenesmus, urgency and alteration in ...
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Over 100 giant colonic diverticuli have been recorded in the literature to date. The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and pathophysiology of their aetiology have rarely been described.To report a giant colonic diverticulum along with the MRI of this clinical entity.An 87 year old female presented with symptoms of tenesmus, urgency and alteration in ...
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Journal of Visceral Surgery, 2015
Giant colonic diverticulum is defined by a diverticulum whose diameter is greater than 4 cm. This is a rare entity, arising mainly in the sigmoid colon. The diagnosis is based on abdominal computed tomography that shows a gas-filled structure communicating with the adjacent colon, with a smooth, thin diverticular wall that does not enhance after ...
C, Chater, A, Saudemont, P, Zerbib
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Giant colonic diverticulum is defined by a diverticulum whose diameter is greater than 4 cm. This is a rare entity, arising mainly in the sigmoid colon. The diagnosis is based on abdominal computed tomography that shows a gas-filled structure communicating with the adjacent colon, with a smooth, thin diverticular wall that does not enhance after ...
C, Chater, A, Saudemont, P, Zerbib
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Uroepithelium in a colonic diverticulum
Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2000Giant colonic diverticula are rare entities and often present in adulthood as acute diverticulitis. The authors present a case of giant colonic pseudodiverticulum lined with uroepithelium causing bowel obstruction in a neonate. The presence of uroepithelium in a colonic pseudodiverticuium remains unexplained and to the authors' knowledge unreported ...
N G, Rosen +4 more
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American Journal of Roentgenology, 1980
Five patients with giant colonic diverticulum (GCD) are reported. Three of them had complications of the GCD including free perforation with pneumoperitoneum and peritonitis and an instance of carcinoma arising in a GCD. The preoperative diagnosis of GCD is made radiographically with findings of a large, smoothly marginated, round or oval, homogenous ...
R, Kricun +3 more
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Five patients with giant colonic diverticulum (GCD) are reported. Three of them had complications of the GCD including free perforation with pneumoperitoneum and peritonitis and an instance of carcinoma arising in a GCD. The preoperative diagnosis of GCD is made radiographically with findings of a large, smoothly marginated, round or oval, homogenous ...
R, Kricun +3 more
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“Giant Diverticulum” Sigmoid Colon
Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2002Two 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. +3 more
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Obstructing Giant Colonic Diverticulum
Southern Medical Journal, 2000We report the second case of an obstructing true colonic diverticulum. Of the 103 cases of giant sigmoid diverticulum found in the literature, 13% have been reported as true giant sigmoid diverticulum, ie, containing all layers of the colonic wall. Our 75-year-old patient had clinical symptoms for only 6 months, and endoscopy revealed an almost totally
J, Majeski, G, Durst
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Giant transverse colon diverticulum
La Presse Médicale, 2018La Presse Medicale - In Press.Proof corrected by the author Available online since mercredi 31 janvier ...
Houcine, Maghrebi +4 more
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Giant diverticulum of the sigmoid colon
The British Journal of Radiology, 1971Giant diverticulum of the colon is a rare finding which has not so far been reported in the British radiological literature. A 66-year-old man was referred to hospital with a 24-hour history of abdominal pain and the passage of three melaena stools. Examination revealed some abdominal distension and tenderness, but no masses were felt.
J C, Swann, K W, Giles
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Giant Diverticulum of the Sigmoid Colon
JAMA, 1964ALTHOUGH DIVERTICULA of the small intestine commonly reach a diameter of several centimeters, it is rare for those involving the colon to reach a size greater than 1 to 2 cm in diameter. 1 A small number of true giant diverticula of the large bowel, however, have been reported in the literature.
A J, MARANO +3 more
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Perforated diverticulum of the transverse colon
The American Journal of Surgery, 1974Abstract Six patients with perforated diverticula of the transverse colon were treated at the Menorah Medical Center. Acute appendicitis was suspected preoperatively in four patients, acute peritonitis caused by a lesion of the descending colon was suspected in one patient, and one patient was thought to have a carcinoma or perforated diverticulum ...
S Q, Chughtai, N B, Ackerman
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