Giant diverticulum‐ A rare complication of a common surgical condition

A gentleman presented with abdominal distension and pain. CT confirmed a 20 cm sigmoid diverticulum. A giant diverticulum, typified by diverticula greater than 4 cm, often requires colonic resection. Fewer than 200 cases have been reported, most measuring 7–15 cm. I present a rare complication of a...

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Autores principales: Cubas, Vanessa, Ward, Stephen T., Dmitrewski, Jan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Clinical Images
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4856254/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27190624
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.534
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description A gentleman presented with abdominal distension and pain. CT confirmed a 20 cm sigmoid diverticulum. A giant diverticulum, typified by diverticula greater than 4 cm, often requires colonic resection. Fewer than 200 cases have been reported, most measuring 7–15 cm. I present a rare complication of a common surgical condition with images.
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spelling pubmed-48562542016-05-17 Giant diverticulum‐ A rare complication of a common surgical condition Cubas, Vanessa Ward, Stephen T. Dmitrewski, Jan Clin Case Rep Clinical Images A gentleman presented with abdominal distension and pain. CT confirmed a 20 cm sigmoid diverticulum. A giant diverticulum, typified by diverticula greater than 4 cm, often requires colonic resection. Fewer than 200 cases have been reported, most measuring 7–15 cm. I present a rare complication of a common surgical condition with images. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016-04-13 /pmc/articles/PMC4856254/ /pubmed/27190624 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.534 Text en © 2016 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Giant diverticulum‐ A rare complication of a common surgical condition
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4856254/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27190624
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.534
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