AbsractThis study investigated a 63-day boy with end stage renal disease and abdominalcysts. The antenatal sonography detected anhydraminos, posterior urethral valve,and cystic dysplastic kidneys. Voiding cystourethrogram revealed two obstructivegiant diverticula which at first looked like enlarged renal pelvis. The patient had persistenturinary tract infection and perforation of diverticula. T...

Small bowel diverticula are rare and often asymptomatic. Severe lower gastrointestinal bleeding from jejunal is rarely reported and, therefore, should be considered a differential diagnosis in all cases of with nonconclusive gastroscopy colonoscopy. In this case report, we discuss 75-year-old male massive diverticula. Initial did not reveal the source bleeding. Repeat upper endoscopy pediatric ...

DIvERTicuLA occur in the large bowel and are herniations of the mucous membrane through acquired defects in -the muscular coats-the small pouches being covered by serosa; exicept in the smallest sacs muscle fibres are only found in the neck. When first 'formed the necks are wide and the diverticula globular-later the necks become attenuated and the pouches flask shaped. The appendices epiploica...

Bladder diverticulectomy is a surgical operation for symptomatic or large bladder diverticula. Typically, bladder diverticula are because of infravesical obstruction, although congenital diverticula can occur that may be large and symptomatic. The ability to excise the diverticulum completely, avoid important adjacent structures, and close the bladder defect in a watertight fashion are key fund...

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Diverticula rarely occur within the lumen of the duodenum and are diagnosed in 2-5% of patients. They usually arise near the papilla of Vater and extend distally [1]. Duodenal diverticula are classified into two types: extraluminal or intraluminal. Although the patient with a diverticulum may be asymptomatic, a duodenal diverticulum usually presents with typical or atypical symptoms of peptic u...

THE ESOPHAGUS Anatomy Congenital Disorders Tracheoesophageal Fistula Rings and Webs Esophageal Diverticula Motor Disorders Achalasia Scleroderma Hiatal Hernia Esophagitis Reflux Esophagitis Barrett Esophagus Eosinophilic Esophagitis Infective Esophagitis Chemical Esophagitis Esophagitis of Systemic Illness Iatrogenic Cancer of Esophagitis Esophageal Varices Lacerations and Perforations Neoplasm...