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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 +2 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 +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 +2 more
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Candida carriage in the alimentary tract of liver transplant candidates [PDF]
, 1994 Thirty randomly selected patients with advanced chronic liver disease, which had been evaluated for possible liver transplantation, were sampled endoscopically at 7 alimentary tract locations to assess the frequency and amount of Candida carriage ...
Ho, M +5 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 +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 +3 more
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Epidemiological Prediction using Deep Learning [PDF]
, 2020 Department of Mathematical SciencesAccurate and real-time epidemic disease prediction plays a significant role in the health system and is of great importance for policy making, vaccine distribution and disease control.
Heo, Jaewoong
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Sigmoid-cervical fistula due to diverticular disease
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2010 Fistulae in the female genital tract are an infrequent but severe complication of diverticular disease (Hjern et al. 2007).
A, Kamel, J, Eddy
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