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The Sigmoidal Pregnancy: A Rare Entity Complicated by an Inappropriate Medical Intervention

Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2020
The abdominal ectopic pregnancy is very rare and accounts for less than 1% of all ectopic gestations. Due to the lack of clinical suspicion, many obstetricians confuse it with other diseases and manage it inappropriately.
Antoine Naem, Baraa Ahmad, Bashar Al-Kurdy   +2 more
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Colon stenting in benign diverticular stricture – a case report and review of literature

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2021
Background: Colonic stricture is a feared complication with varied etiology ranging from malignant obstruction to benign diseases. One such condition is recurrent diverticulitis-related strictures.
Hany Eskarous, Mahesh Krishnamurthy, Endeshaw Habtesilassie   +2 more
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EFSUMB Recommendations and Guidelines for Gastrointestinal Ultrasound - Part 1: Examination Techniques and Normal Findings (Long version). [PDF]

, 2016
▼ 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., Dietrich, C. F., Dirks, K., Gilja, O. H., Hausken, T., Higginson, A., Hollerweger, A., Maaser, C., Maconi, G., Nuernberg, D., Nylund, K., Pallotta, Nadia, Ripolles, T., Romanini, L., Saftoiu, A., Serra, C., Sporea, I.   +16 more
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Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis accompanied by schistosomiasis: a case report

Journal of International Medical Research, 2022
Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI) is a rare disease that most frequently occurs in the large and small intestine and has no obvious clinical symptoms.
Chunyan Yuan, Fei Teng, Zhongyue Huang, Qiping Liu, Ling Du, Xiaoli Xie, Xuebing Jiang, Xia Sheng   +7 more
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The septic complications of sigmoid diverticular disease

Journal of British Surgery, 1984
AbstractIn 2 years 41 patients were treated surgically for septic complications of diverticular disease of the sigmoid colon. Nine patients had fistulae arising from sigmoid diverticular disease. Resection of the sigmoid was undertaken as the primary procedure in 8 patients with anastomosis in 5.
J W, Underwood, C G, Marks
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Actinomycosis complicating sigmoid diverticular disease: a case report [PDF]

Cases Journal, 2009
A 63-year-old Caucasian woman was admitted to hospital as hypotensive with abdominal tenderness and vaginal discharge. Laboratory investigations showed microcytic anaemia, low albumin and high white cell count. Computerised tomography scans revealed small bowel dilatation, sigmoid diverticula, ascites and pelvic fluid.
Vodovnik, Aleksandar, Logishetty, Kartik
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Sigmoid Volvulus in Myotonic Dystrophy Type I (Steinert Disease)

Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2022
Myotonic dystrophy (MD) is a progressive multisystem genetic disorder that is characterized by progressive muscle weakness and wasting. MD1 (also known as Steinert disease) is associated with various clinical entities such as skeletal muscle weakness, myotonia, cardiac abnormalities, respiratory dysfunction, gastrointestinal involvement, and cognitive ...
Ahmed B. Bayoumy, Jennifer Suzanne Gjertsen, Maarten E. Tushuizen   +2 more
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PadChest: A large chest x-ray image dataset with multi-label annotated reports [PDF]

, 2019
We present a labeled large-scale, high resolution chest x-ray dataset for the automated exploration of medical images along with their associated reports.
Bustos, Aurelia, de la Iglesia-Vayá, Maria, Pertusa, Antonio, Salinas, Jose-Maria   +3 more
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Urachal-sigmoid fistula associated with diverticular disease

Canadian Urological Association Journal, 2012
Background: Urachal anomalies rarely present in adulthood. We report thesecond known case of urachal-sigmoid fistula associated with diverticulardisease.Method: We performed a case report and literature review. We searchedMEDLINE and PubMed using the search words “urachus,” “urachal fistula,”“sigmoid colon” and “diverticulosis.”Results: Our literature ...
Daniel, Rapoport, Alison, Ross, Vic, Goshko, Iain, McAuley   +3 more
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Sigmoid volvulus: an uncommon complication of Hirschsprung's disease [PDF]

BMJ Case Reports, 2016
Sigmoid volvulus is a rare and potentially life-threatening condition that is usually seen in adults, however, when diagnosed in children, it is often associated with Hirschsprung's disease (HD). We report a case of an 11-year-old boy who presented with a history of constipation since 1.5 months of age, with acute onset of severe abdominal pain and ...
Abhishek, Ranjan, Vishesh, Jain, Shilpa, Sharma, Devendra Kumar, Gupta   +3 more
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