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Severe abdominopelvic actinomycosis with colon perforation and hepatic involvement mimicking advanced sigmoid colon cancer with hepatic metastasis: a case study

BMC Surgery, 2018
BackgroundActinomycosis is a rare chronic invasive disease caused by Actinomyces spp. Although abdominopelvic actinomycosis, which involves the colon and the pelvic organs extensively, has been frequently reported, abdominopelvic actinomycosis presenting
Song-Soo Yang, Y. Im
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The Microbial Ecosystem Distinguishes Chronically Diseased Tissue from Adjacent Tissue in the Sigmoid Colon of Chronic, Recurrent Diverticulitis Patients

Scientific Reports, 2017
Diverticular disease is commonly associated with the older population in the United States. As individual’s age, diverticulae, or herniation of the mucosa through the colonic wall, develop.
K. Schieffer, Kate A. Sabey, Justin R. Wright, David R. Toole, Rebecca Drucker, Vasily Tokarev, Leonard R. Harris, Sue M Deiling, Melanie A. Eshelman, J. Hegarty, G. Yochum, W. Koltun, Regina Lamendella, D. Stewart   +13 more
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European guidelines from the EHTG and ESCP for Lynch syndrome: an updated third edition of the Mallorca guidelines based on gene and gender

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
Recommendations for clinical and molecular identification of LS, surgical and endoscopic management of LS‐associated colorectal cancer and preventive measures for cancer were produced. The emphasis was on surgical and gastroenterological aspects of the cancer spectrum.
T. T. Seppälä, A. Latchford, I. Negoi, A. Sampaio Soares, R. Jimenez‐Rodriguez, L. Sánchez‐Guillén, D. G. Evans, N. Ryan, E. J. Crosbie, M. Dominguez‐Valentin, J. Burn, M. Kloor, M. von Knebel Doeberitz, F. J. B. van Duijnhoven, P. Quirke, J. R. Sampson, P. Møller, G. Möslein, on behalf of the European Hereditary Tumour Group (EHTG) and European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP)   +18 more
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Position of a sigmoid colon in right iliac fossa in children: A retrospective study

Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, 2011
Aim: The aim was to identify the position of sigmoid colon in children and discuss its clinical significance. Materials and Methods: Ninety-one contrast enema studies were retrospectively evaluated and the position of sigmoid colon categorized as below ...
Akshay Kumar Saxena, Kushaljit Singh Sodhi, Sreeharsha Tirumani, Hina Arif Mumtaz, Katragadda Lakshmi Narasimha Rao, Niranjan Khandelwal   +5 more
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Adenocarcinoma arising in sigmoid colon neovagina 53 years after construction

World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2018
BackgroundIn view of the rarity of vaginal agenesis, malignancy arising in the neovagina is extremely rare.Case presentationHere, we report a 76-year-old female with an adenocarcinoma arising in the sigmoid colon neovagina which was constructed 53 years ...
Kazunosuke Yamada, D. Shida, Tomoyasu Kato, H. Yoshida, S. Yoshinaga, Y. Kanemitsu   +5 more
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WSES consensus guidelines on sigmoid volvulus management

World Journal of Emergency Surgery, 2023
Sigmoid volvulus is a common surgical emergency, especially in elderly patients. Patients can present with a wide range of clinical states: from asymptomatic, to frank peritonitis secondary to colonic perforation.
B. Tian, Gabriele Vigutto, E. Tan, H. van Goor, C. Bendinelli, F. Abu-Zidan, R. Ivatury, B. Sakakushev, I. Di Carlo, G. Sganga, R. Maier, R. Coimbra, A. Leppäniemi, A. Litvin, D. Damaskos, R. T. Broek, W. Biffl, S. Di Saverio, B. de Simone, M. Ceresoli, E. Picetti, Joseph Galante, G. Tebala, S. Beka, L. Bonavina, Yunfeng Cui, Jim S. Khan, Enrico Cicuttin, F. Amico, Inaba Kenji, A. Hecker, L. Ansaloni, M. Sartelli, Ernest E. Moore, Y. Kluger, M. Testini, D. Weber, V. Agnoletti, N. Angelis, F. Coccolini, Ibrahima Sall, F. Catena   +41 more
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Horizontally placed sigmoid mesocolon and a redundant loop of sigmoid colon filling the pelvic cavity

Sahel Medical Journal, 2016
The sigmoid colon, when longer than its usual length is known as dolichosigmoid or redundant sigmoid colon. In the present case, the redundant sigmoid colon was about 20” long, and its distal part was “M” shaped.
Satheesha B Nayak, Ravindra S Swamy, Abhinitha Padavinangady, Naveen Kumar, Ashwini P Aithal, Surekha D Shetty   +5 more
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Implantation of sigmoid colon cancer into the endoscopic resection site of intramucosal rectal cancer: A case report

DEN Open, 2023
A 70‐year‐old woman was diagnosed with intramucosal rectal cancer and advanced sigmoid colon cancer at the same time. First, the intramucosal rectal cancer was curatively resected by endoscopic submucosal dissection, and surgery was subsequently ...
Kyohei Nishino, Masanori Hongo, Naoko Mori, Kazumi Shimamoto, Yu Kobayashi, Fumiyasu Nakamura, Michiko Hino, Takeshi Togawa, Akira Andoh, Hiromitsu Ban   +9 more
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Laparoscopic resection of a sigmoid colon lipoma in a young female patient: A case report and review of the literature.

Oncology Letters, 2017
Lipomas of the sigmoid colon are rare entities. The present case describes a 27-year-old Caucasian woman who underwent a laparoscopic sigmoidectomy following the detection of a giant lipoma.
G. Panagiotakis, A. Andreou, I. Petrakis, M. Tzardi, M. Daskalogiannaki, G. Chalkiadakis   +5 more
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Local staging of sigmoid colon cancer using MRI

Acta Radiologica Open, 2017
Background An accurate radiological staging of colon cancer is crucial to select patients who may benefit from neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Purpose To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in identifying locally ...
C. Dam, J. Lindebjerg, A. Jakobsen, L. Jensen, H. Rahr, S. Rafaelsen   +5 more
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