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Hirschsprung's Disease after Plication of the Sigmoid Flexure [PDF]
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1933 W. G. Spencer
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Sigmoid volvulus in a teenager
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2020 Sigmoid volvulus in the pediatric population is a rare condition. In the adult population, it is considered in the differential diagnosis of bowel obstruction for patients with a history of debilitation or chronic constipation, in association with ...
Joyce J.L.H. McRae +2 more
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Comparative study of collagen deposition in the colon wall of patients operated for sigmoid diverticular disease [PDF]
Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira, 2015 PURPOSE: To investigate the deposition of collagen in the colon wall of patients with sigmoid diverticulitis. METHODS: Samples of sigmoid tissue from 15 patients (disease group), seven men and eight women aged 37-77 years who underwent surgery for the
Mário Pantaroto +3 more
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Frontiers in Surgery, 2022 BackgroundIndirect inguinal hernia and sigmoid colon cancer are both common diseases, but carcinoma within the hernia sac is rare. We present a case of sigmoid colon cancer masquerading as a right incarcerated inguinal hernia.
Jianfeng Zhang +4 more
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Ectopic premolar tooth in the sigmoid notch [PDF]
, 2016 Impaction of a mandibular premolar is relatively uncommon. Ectopic placement is more unusual and there has been no discussion in the literature of an ectopic mandibular premolar in the coronoid process. In this case report, we present an impacted ectopic
Akgul, Hayati Murat +2 more
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Severe bilateral papilledema after sigmoid sinus constriction surgery: a case report
BMC Ophthalmology, 2023 Background Papilledema is a common sign of various diseases in the eye. It could result from any conditions of increased intracranial pressure (ICP). Underlying the etiology of papilledema and appropriate treatment in time is essential.
Xi Chen, Yizhou Ren, Fang Chen
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A Man With Urinary Retention by Fecaloma: A Case Report
Acta Medica Iranica, 2022 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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Coexistent Crohn’s disease and sigmoid diverticulosis [PDF]
Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1989 Summary This study reports six patients with a diagnosis of diverticular disease with associated localized Crohn’s colitis who were all treated by segmental resection. Two patients died in the post-operative period from disease unrelated to their colonic pathology.
J. McCue +3 more
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Impact of multi-targeted antiretroviral treatment on gut T cell depletion and HIV reservoir seeding during acute HIV infection. [PDF]
, 2012 BackgroundLimited knowledge exists on early HIV events that may inform preventive and therapeutic strategies. This study aims to characterize the earliest immunologic and virologic HIV events following infection and investigates the usage of a novel ...
Ananworanich, Jintanat +23 more
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Elastosis in diverticular disease of the sigmoid colon. [PDF]
Gut, 1985 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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