Giant colonic diverticulum is an uncommon presentation of colonic diverticular disease ... with approximately 90% of the cases involving the sigmoid colon. Typically, diagnosis relies on CT of the ...

but do not carry the clinical implications of chronic inflammatory bowel disease. Aims—To evaluate histological features and clinical outcome in individuals initially diagnosed histologically as ...

most often in the lower part of the colon known as the sigmoid colon. Other factors can contribute to diverticulosis, including a family history of the disease and heavy red meat consumption.

Introduction Endoscopic full thickness resection (eFTR) of the colon using the full thickness resection device (FTRD ... One caecal lesion could not be reached due to sigmoid diverticulosis. The ...

Most of the sigmoid colon is in the left lower quarter of the body. When a diverticulum becomes inflamed (diverticulitis), the symptoms suggest “left-sided appendicitis.” Symptoms usually ...

The diagnosis of small bowel diverticulosis can often be challenging in someone who presents or develops massive gastrointestinal bleed, and in these cases a prompt diagnosis is of the utmost ...

If needed, you may also receive liquid nutrition through an IV. In the case of diverticular bleeding, your doctor may treat the bleeding during a colonoscopy. If bleeding continues, abdominal surgery ...

Diverticulosis occurs when pockets called diverticula, develop in the colon wall—usually in the sigmoid or left colon although they may develop along the entire colon. Diverticula are herniations of ...

During an abdominoperineal resection (APR), the sigmoid colon, rectum, and anus are surgically removed. Rectal cancers occurring very low in the rectum are most frequently treated with this procedure.

For sigmoid volvulus, the doctor may use a sigmoidoscope to untwist the colon; the volvulus may or may not recur. In some cases, an intestinal resection is needed. With this, the doctor removes the ...