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Penetration of the sigmoid colon to the posterior uterine wall secondary to diverticulitis: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2009
Introduction Penetration of the colon to the posterior uterine wall secondary to diverticulitis is unusual, with diagnostic methods not yet established.
Akiyama Tomoyuki, Inamori Masahiko, Shimamura Takeshi, Iida Hiroshi, Endo Hiroki, Fujita Koji, Yoneda Masato, Takahashi Hirokazu, Abe Yasunobu, Kobayashi Noritoshi, Kubota Kensuke, Kobayashi Hiroshi, Yamanaka Shoji, Rino Yasushi, Nakajima Atsushi   +14 more
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Perforated Duodenal Diverticulum Treated Conservatively: Another Two Successful Cases [PDF]

Case Reports in Surgery, 2017
Diverticula of the duodenum proceed those of the colon in respect to frequency of location. Incidence at times of autopsy ranges from 15 to 23%. Despite the fact that more than 90% of duodenal diverticulum cases are asymptomatic, complications if they do
Jad A. Degheili, Mohammed H. Abdallah, Ali A. Haydar, Ahmad Moukalled, Ali H. Hallal   +4 more
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Look Out before Polypectomy in Patients with Diverticular Disease – A Case of a Large, Inverted Diverticulum of the Colon Resembling a Pedunculated Polyp [PDF]

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2010
Diverticular disease of the colon may be responsible for abdominal symptoms requiring colonoscopy, which may reveal the presence of concomitant polyps.
Omero Alessandro Paoluzi, Claudio Tosti, Fabio Andrei, Italo Stroppa, Francesco Pallone   +4 more
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Postmortem computed tomography of barium peritonitis due to descending colon perforation [PDF]

Radiology Case Reports
We describe herein the findings from postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) of barium peritonitis due to descending colon perforation. The patient was a woman in her 60s who underwent upper gastrointestinal series with barium swallow for the purpose of ...
Norihiro Shinkawa, MD, PhD, Mitsuro Yanagita, MD, PhD, Nobuhiro Yukawa, MD, PhD, Tatsuhiro Nagatomo, MD   +3 more
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Metastatic colon cancer derived from a diverticulum incidentally found at herniorrhaphy: a case report

Surgical Case Reports, 2018
Background There are few reports of metastases from colon cancer to an inguinal hernia sac, and few reports of colon cancer originating in diverticula. We report a patient with carcinoma of the sigmoid colon arising in two diverticula, who presented with
Jiro Kimura, Alan Kawarai Lefor, Shota Fukai, Kentaro Yoshikawa, Shingo Sasamatsu, Takashi Sakamoto, Ken Mizokami, Masaki Kanzaki, Tadao Kubota, Akira Saito, Hiroshi Izumi, Kunpei Honjo, Kunihiko Nagakari, Masaki Fukunaga   +13 more
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Giant colonic diverticulum.

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
Stasik, John J, Kricun, Robert, Reither, Robert D, Dex, Walter   +3 more
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A giant colonic diverticulum presenting as a 'phantom mass': a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2009
Introduction Diverticulosis coli is the most common disease of the colon in Western countries. Giant colonic diverticulum, defined as a colonic diverticulum measuring 4 cm in size or larger, represents an unusual manifestation of this common clinical ...
Abdelrazeq Ayman S, Owais Anwar E, Aldoori Munther I, Botterill Ian D   +3 more
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Transverse Colon Diverticulitis with Calcified Fecalith

Eurasian Journal of Medicine, 2019
Left colonic diverticula are common in Western populations, whereas right colonic diverticulosis primarily occurs in Oriental populations. Diverticulitis of the transverse colon is very rare, with very few cases reported in the literature.
Aynur Solak, Ilhami Solak, Berhan Genç, Neslin Sahin, Seyhan Yalaz   +4 more
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Significant bleeding from Meckel’s diverticulum after blunt abdominal trauma: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2018
Background Meckel’s diverticulum, with an incidence of 2%, is the most common congenital anomaly in the gastrointestinal tract. Its main complications are perforation, obstruction, and bleeding. A few studies have reported that blunt abdominal trauma may
Sharfuddin Chowdhury, Abdullah Maher Alenazi, Yam Alwi Alharthi   +2 more
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Laparoscopic-assisted resection of a giant colonic diverticulum: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2009
Introduction Diverticular disease of the colon is a common benign condition. The majority of patients with diverticular disease are asymptomatic and are managed non-operatively, however complications such as perforation, bleeding, fistulation and ...
Collin Jacqueline E, Atwal Gurprit SS, Dunn William K, Acheson Austin G   +3 more
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