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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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Small bowel malignant melanoma presenting as a perforated jejunal diverticulum: a case report and literature review. [PDF]

, 2014
Although usually harmless and asymptomatic, jejuno-ileal diverticulae are associated with various non-specific gastrointestinal symptoms, and rarely cause surgical emergencies.
Newton, RC, Nind, N, Penney, N, Sains, P, Sajid, MS   +4 more
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CT findings of misleading features of colonic diverticulitis [PDF]

, 2010
Colonic diverticulitis (CD) is a common entity whose diagnosis is particularly based on computed tomography (CT) examination, which is the imaging technique of choice.
Ismahen Ben Yaacoub, Isabelle Boulay-Coletta, Marie Christine Jullès, Marc Zins   +3 more
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Endoscopic submucosal dissection in management of colorectal tumors near or involving a diverticulum: a retrospective case series

Endoscopy International Open, 2019
Background and study aims Surgery is the standard treatment for colon tumors associated with diverticulum. Use of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) to treat such tumors is controversial. The aim of this study was to assess the safety and feasibility
Victoria Alejandra Jimenez-Garcia, Masayoshi Yamada, Hiroaki Ikematsu, Hiroyuki Takamaru, Seiichiro Abe, Taku Sakamoto, Takeshi Nakajima, Takahisa Matsuda, Yutaka Saito   +8 more
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Gastrointestinal stromal tumor in perforated Meckel’s diverticulum: a case report and literature review

Surgical Case Reports, 2020
Introduction Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is rare neoplasms of the gastrointestinal tract associated with high rates of malignant transformation. GIST has been found largely in the stomach, small bowel, colon and rectum, and esophagus, but about
Naoki Hashizume, Saki Sakamoto, Suguru Fukahori, Shinji Ishii, Nobuyuki Saikusa, Yoshinori Koga, Naruki Higashidate, Shiori Tsuruhisa, Hirotomo Nakahara, Yoshiaki Tanaka, Minoru Yagi   +10 more
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What are the risk factors of colonoscopic perforation? [PDF]

, 2009
Background Knowledge of the factors influencing colonoscopic perforation (CP) is of decisive importance, especially with regard to the avoidance or minimization of the perforations. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and risk factors of
Varut Lohsiriwat, Sasithorn Sujarittanakarn, Thawatchai Akaraviputh, Narong Lertakyamanee, Darin Lohsiriwat, Udom Kachinthorn, WS Cobb, S Brynitz, V Lohsiriwat, CW Iqbal, AY Teoh, NM Gatto, S Galandiuk, ML Anderson, RE DiPrima, SD Wexner, CH Viiala, TH Luning, H Tulchinsky, A Sieg, F Perez Roldan, S Tanaka, C Virgilio, L Wess, E Hollander, MA Karajeh, L Rabeneck, WM Rodney, F Radaelli, BP Saunders, LY Korman   +30 more
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Differences in intestinal size, structure, and function contributing to feed efficiency in broiler chickens reared at geographically distant locations [PDF]

, 2019
The contribution of the intestinal tract to differences in residual feed intake (RFI) has been inconclusively studied in chickens so far. It is also not clear if RFI-related differences in intestinal function are similar in chickens raised in different ...
Aschenbach, J., Ball, M. E. E., Ertl, R., Hawken, R. J., Hollmann, M., Lawlor, P. G. [u.v.m.], Magowan, E., Metzler-Zebeli, B. U., Molnár, A., Witter, K.   +9 more
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Ruptured Giant Colonic Diverticulum [PDF]

The American Surgeon™, 2005
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, Nkemanekum Ikekpeazu, Kenneth Ciardiello   +3 more
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Tummy pain is not often what we think – Imaging findings in uncommon causes of abdominal pain in children and adolescents – A case series

African Journal of Paediatric Surgery, 2023
Acute abdominal pain is a common complaint in children. We came across several unusual causes of acute abdomen including jejunal haematoma, perforation and abdominal abscess following hydrostatic intussusception reduction, twisting of mesenteric cyst ...
Krishna Kiran Somashekar Karanth, Mahesh Mijar, Kishan B Shetty, Chetana S Sultanpuri   +3 more
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Spontaneous Colo-Umbilical Fistula Complicating Diverticulitis of the Sigmoid Colon

Case Reports in Surgery, 2013
Colocutaneous fistula caused by diverticulitis is relatively uncommon with colo-umbilical fistulas being even rarer. We herein report a rare case of a spontaneous colo-umbilical fistula due to diverticulitis of the sigmoid colon.
Helen Bolanaki, Georgios Kouklakis, Nikos Courcoutsakis, Panagoula Oikonomou, Anastasios J. Karayiannakis   +4 more
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