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Obstructing Giant Colonic Diverticulum

Southern Medical Journal, 2000
We 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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Bleeding Colonic Diverticulum

New England Journal of Medicine, 2003
A 73-year-old man presented with acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding. He was hemodynamically stable, and nasogastric-tube lavage revealed bile with no blood, suggesting a lower gastrointestinal source for the bleeding. Urgent colonoscopy, performed after a rapid colonic purge, revealed a profusely bleeding diverticulum in the sigmoid colon; at the ...
Sripathi R. Kethu, Harlan G. Rich
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Uroepithelium in a colonic diverticulum

Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2000
Giant 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, D L, Gibbs, S Z, Soffer, E, Valderrama, T K, Lee   +4 more
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CT appearance of giant colonic diverticulum

Gastrointestinal Radiology, 1987
The plain film, barium enema, and CT findings in a case of giant colonic diverticulum with the atypical feature of marginal calcifications are presented. The value of CT in the diagnosis and evaluation of giant colonic diverticulum is discussed.
S I, Fields, L, Haskell, E, Libson
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Giant true diverticulum of sigmoid colon

American Journal of Gastroenterology, 1998
A case of giant true diverticulum of the sigmoid colon, manifesting as pain and abdominal mass is presented. The patient is asymptomatic after resection of the diverticulum and end-to-end anastomosis of the colon.
H, Grover, S, Nair, H, Hertan
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Tuboovarian abscess simulating giant colonic diverticulum

Gastrointestinal Radiology, 1984
The plain abdominal film finding of a large air-filled cavity has a differential diagnosis that includes giant colonic diverticulum, volvulus, giant Meckel's or other small-bowel diverticulum, emphysematous cystitis, vesicoenteric fistula, bowel duplication, and mesenteric cyst.
R J, Telepak, T J, Huggins, J G, Bova
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Giant sigmoid colon diverticulum

European Journal of Radiology Extra, 2008
Abstract A case of giant diverticulum of the sigmoid colon, manifesting as pain and abdominal mass is presented. The contrast enhanced CT showed the sigmoid diverticulum as a lesion with air-contrast medium–fluid levels. The case is reported because of its rare CT presentation (air–fluid + fluid–fluid level).
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Giant diverticulum of the sigmoid colon

The British Journal of Radiology, 1971
Giant 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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Ruptured giant colonic diverticulum.

The American surgeon, 2006
Giant colonic diverticulum (GCD) is a rare complication of diverticular disease with less than 150 cases reported in the English literature. The clinical presentation ranges from asymptomatic to that of an acute abdomen. In most cases, giant colonic diverticulum is found in the sigmoid colon.
Fadi, Abou-Nukta, Charles, Bakhos, Charles, Bakhus, Nkemanekum, Ikekpeazu, Kenneth, Ciardiello   +4 more
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Giant colonic diverticulum

2022
null Jesus R. Diaz, MD, null Maria Andrea Parra Corral   +1 more
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