A Man With Urinary Retention by Fecaloma: A Case Report
Fecaloma is a very hard stool often located in the rectum of the sigmoid colon. A 63-year-old man with abdominal distention and urinary retention was admitted to an emergency department. Abdominal CT scans showed a urinary bladder displaced by fecaloma.
Hamed Aminiahidashti+1 more
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Elastosis in diverticular disease of the sigmoid colon. [PDF]
Diverticular disease of the sigmoid colon is an increasingly common clinical problem in the ageing population of western industrialised countries but the mechanism by which the disease develops remains unknown. The muscular abnormality is the most striking and consistent feature and this has been studied by light and electron microscopy in 25 surgical ...
B C Morson, J Whiteway
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EFSUMB Recommendations and Guidelines for Gastrointestinal Ultrasound - Part 1: Examination Techniques and Normal Findings (Long version). [PDF]
▼ In October 2014 the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology formed a Gastrointestinal Ultrasound (GIUS) task force group to promote the use of GIUS in a clinical setting.
Calabrese, E.+16 more
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Factors affecting bowel gangrene development in patients with sigmoid volvulus
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Sigmoid gangrene develops in 6.1% to 93.4% of sigmoid volvulus (SV) cases, and increases the mortality rate from 0% to 40% without bowel gangrene to 3.7% to 80%.
Sabri Selcuk Atamanalp+2 more
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Practice parameters for the treatment of colonic diverticular disease: Italian Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery (SICCR) guidelines [PDF]
The mission of the Italian Society of Colorectal Surgery (SICCR) is to optimize patient care. Providing evidence-based practice guidelines is therefore of key importance.
Annibale, Bruno+7 more
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Predicting rice diseases across diverse agro-meteorological conditions using an artificial intelligence approach [PDF]
With the aid of a plant disease forecasting model, the emergence of plant diseases in a given region can be predicted ahead of time. This makes it easier to take proactive steps to reduce losses before they occur.
Rutuja Rajendra Patil, Sumit Kumar
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Pyogenic Liver Abscess Secondary to Disseminated Streptococcus Anginosus from Sigmoid Diverticulitis
Pyogenic liver abscess secondary to dissemination from Sigmoid Diverticulitis is rare. Streptococcus Anginosus has been linked to abscesses but has been rarely reported from a Sigmoid Diverticulitis source.
S. Murarka, Fnu Pranav, Varsha Dandavate
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Crop conditional Convolutional Neural Networks for massive multi-crop plant disease classification over cell phone acquired images taken on real field conditions [PDF]
Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) have demonstrated their capabilities on the agronomical field, especially for plant visual symptoms assessment.
Alvarez-Gila, Aitor+5 more
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A three-dimensional analysis of the sigmoid notch
Fractures of the distal radius are among the most common injuries of the upper extremity, though treatment has traditionally focused on restoration of the radiocarpal joint and late sequelae may persist.
Evan D. Collins, Faranak Vossoughi
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Background Segmental absence of intestinal musculature (SAIM) is a partial defect of the intrinsic muscular layer of the intestinal tract. In this report, we describe a case of perforation of the sigmoid colon due to SAIM accompanied by vascular Ehlers ...
Kosuke Funaki+10 more
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