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Acute abdominal pain due to sigmoid volvulus with persistent descending mesocolon: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022
Background Persistent descending mesocolon, an anomaly of fixation of the mesentery of the descending colon, can sometimes cause complications such as intestinal obstruction and intussusception. We present the first reported case of sigmoid volvulus with
Hirotaka Kato, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Yoshifumi Sakata   +2 more
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Non-invasive treatment of the sigmoid volvulus. A pediatric case report

Radiology Case Reports, 2021
Sigmoid volvulus occurs when the sigmoid colic loop gets wrapped around its own mesocolon. While this condition is categorized as an extremely rare emergency in the pediatric population, diagnosis is often difficult due to the fact that its aspecific ...
Carmela Visalli, MD, Renato Trimarchi, MD, Antonella Spatola, MD, Sebastiano Maria Miano, MD, Ignazio Salamone, MD   +4 more
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Ruptured primary abdominal ectopic pregnancy- management in a resource-low setting

Bhutan Health Journal, 2022
Abdominal ectopic pregnancy is a rare form of ectopic pregnancy, which has a high mortality. Herein, we present a case of ruptured primary abdominal ectopic pregnancy implanted on sigmoid mesocolon in a 36-year-old woman.
Namkha Dorji, Sangay Tshering, Prabhat Pradhan, Jigme Wangchuk   +3 more
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Persistent descending mesocolon: Case report [PDF]

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2012
Introduction. Positional anomalies of the right half of the colon are quite common whereas positional anomalies of the left half of the colon are much less common because of embryological disorders during the period of the embryological development of
Trebješanin Zoran, Babić Srđan, Vučurević Goran, Popov Petar, Ilijevski Nenad, Blagotić Milena   +5 more
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Spontaneous transverse colon volvulus in a patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: An unreported complication

Radiology Case Reports, 2023
A 22-year-old male patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and chronic constipation presents to the emergency room with severe abdominal pain and hive closed to feces and gas.
Pietro Pitrone, MD, Antonino Cattafi, MD, Francesca Magnani, MD, Maria Ludovica Carerj, MD, Italo Giuseppe Bellone, MD, Giuseppe Nirta, MD, Enrico Monsù, MD, Dora Bonanno, MD, Renato Trimarchi, MD, Alessandro La Face, MD, Maria Adele Marino, MD, Carmelo Sofia, MD   +11 more
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Strangulation of the small intestine caused by an intra-mesosigmoid hernia: a case report

Surgical Case Reports, 2017
Sigmoid mesocolon hernia is an uncommon type of internal hernia with only a few cases reported to date. This disease entity can progress rapidly to cause vascular disturbance, necrosis, and perforation of the bowel wall; therefore, early diagnosis and ...
Kotaro Hirashima, Kazutoshi Date, Kanako Fujita, Norihiko Koide, Akihito Kamuro, Hiroshi Kato, Nobuhiro Fujita   +6 more
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Leiomyoma of the Sigmoid Mesocolon Associated to Hemorrhagic Infarct and High Count of Mast Cells

World Journal of Colorectal Surgery, 2019
Leiomyoma is a soft-tissue benign tumor and its occurrence in the mesocolon is extremely rare. We present a particular case of a leiomyoma of the sigmoid mesocolon of a 58-year-old man, associated to a hemorrhagic infarction treated surgically and ...
Carlo Lozano-Burgos, Claudio Etcheverry-Pizarro, Wilfredo Alejandro González-Arriagada, Paola Ochova-Gallardo   +3 more
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CT characteristics of a uterus-like mass in the sigmoid mesocolon. [PDF]

Br J Radiol, 2011
A uterus-like mass is a rare, benign extra-uterine tumour composed of smooth muscle and endometrium. The majority of uterus-like masses occur in the ovary. Rarely, uterus-like masses occur in the broad ligament, small bowel, small bowel mesentery or uterine cervix. Here, we report a case of a uterus-like mass in the sigmoid mesocolon.
Shin SY, Kim HJ, Kim YW, Lee KY.
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Low-grade Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma Presenting as a Sigmoid Mass

The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology, 2020
Low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma (LG-ESS) is a very rare mesenchymal neoplasm of the uterus. LG-ESS can recur or metastasize to extrauterine sites, such as the pelvis, peritoneal cavity, and vagina, but rarely to the lung, liver, heart, bone, and ...
So Ra Ahn, Joo Hyun Lee
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Right sided sigmoid colon and oblique descending colon with its embryological basis and clinical significance

BLDE University Journal of Health Sciences, 2020
Embryological development of the colon is complex and often unpredictable, leading to variations in the length and position. During routine dissection for undergraduate students in the Department of Anatomy, BLDE DU) Shri B. M.
Ashwini Nuchhi, Sandhya Yatagiri, R S Bulagouda   +2 more
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