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Case Report: Intestinal Diverticulum in a Golden Retriever. [PDF]
A 1‐year‐old female spayed Golden Retriever presented with a 2‐day history of vomiting and a chronic 4‐month history of intermittent diarrhoea. Owners elected to pursue exploratory laparotomy where a firm, tan, irregular structure was observed in the right caudal abdomen with a small adhesion to an adjacent loop of jejunum. The structure was removed en
Eppler E, Motz A.
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Visualization of Enteric Duplication Cyst on Meckel's Scan. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Meckel's scan can be positive in cases of enteric duplication cyst and reveals a focus of progressively intense radiotracer uptake in the abdomen, coinciding with the appearance of activity in the stomach, suggesting ectopic gastric mucosa within the loops of bowel.
Alatoum A+4 more
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Rare case of acute abdomen: Right colon perforation due to the colon diverticulitis
Colonic diverticula and related complications are common pathologies in elderly patients. In older patients, colonic diverticulum perforation is more common in the sigmoid colon, whereas right colon diverticulum perforation is rather rare.
Faruk Pehlivanli+4 more
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Endoscopic Therapy for Acute Diverticular Bleeding [PDF]
Diverticular bleeding accounts for approximately 26%–40% of the cases of lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Rupture of the vasa recta at the neck or dome of the diverticula can be the cause of this bleeding.
Masayuki Kato
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Giant sigmoid diverticulum with coexisting metastatic rectal carcinoma: a case report
Introduction Giant diverticulum of the colon is a rare but clinically significant condition, usually regarded as a complication of an already existing colonic diverticular disease.
Quinn Aidan+3 more
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Giant Sigmoid Diverticulum: A Rare Presentation of a Common Pathology
Although colonic diverticulum is a common disease, affecting about 35% of patients above the age of 60, giant sigmoid diverticulum is an uncommon variant of which only relatively few cases have been described in the literature.
A. Guarnieri+9 more
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In this study, it was aimed to examine the relationship between the treatment approach and the modified Hinchey classification and clinical parameters in acute diverticulitis.
Ahmet Karakaya, Ahmet Fikret Yucel
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Pediatric Meckel’s diverticulum: Experience from a tertiary center in Eastern India [PDF]
Background. Meckel’s diverticulum (MD) is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract, having a varied clinical presentation in the pediatric age group. It can manifest with life-threatening complications when symptomatic.
Debashree Priyadarshini+3 more
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Giant diverticulum of the sigmoid colon
Abstract Giant diverticulum is a rare entity and few cases have so far been reported. It is nearly always associated with diverticular disease. There are some theories about the formation of a giant diverticulum but none is conclusive. Associated symptoms are similar to those of diverticular disease but, as with the patient reported here,
H. Freitas, A. Naber, A.-M. Sliutz
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Colon cancer arising in a colonic diverticulum is very rare. There are only a few reported cases of colon cancer associated with a diverticulum. Of these reported cases, only a few are those of a mucinous adenocarcinoma. Here, we report a case of an 82-
Goun Choi+4 more
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