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New England Journal of Medicine, 1995
Figure 1. A 70-year-old woman had a six-month history suggestive of recurrent, self-limited episodes of acute diverticulitis. A scout film for a barium enema showed a rounded, smooth-walled structure measuring 10 cm in diameter and containing air (Panel A). The barium enema showed entry of contrast medium into the structure (Panel B).
William Silen, Robert G. Sheiman
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Figure 1. A 70-year-old woman had a six-month history suggestive of recurrent, self-limited episodes of acute diverticulitis. A scout film for a barium enema showed a rounded, smooth-walled structure measuring 10 cm in diameter and containing air (Panel A). The barium enema showed entry of contrast medium into the structure (Panel B).
William Silen, Robert G. Sheiman
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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 ...
Charbel Chater, P. Zerbib, A. Saudemont
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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 ...
Charbel Chater, P. Zerbib, A. Saudemont
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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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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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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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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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CT appearance of giant colonic diverticulum [PDF]
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.
Eugene Libson +2 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.
Keith W. Giles, James C. Swann
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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.
Paul Drillenburg +3 more
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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.
Anthony 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 ...
Sajid Q. Chughtai, Norman B. Ackerman
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