A technique is described in which a chemical stimulus applied to the mucosa of the right colon is used to assess colonic motor function. Peroral intubation of the right colon was achieved using a fine polyvinylchloride (PVC) tube. Bisacodyl was used to initiate colonic motor activity, and colonic transit was monitored using 99mTc-DPTA and a gamma camera. In normal subjects there was rapid movem...

BACKGROUND Complete mesocolic excision provides a correct anatomical plane for colon cancer surgery. However, manifestation of the surgical plane during laparoscopic complete mesocolic excision versus in computed tomography images remains to be examined. METHODS Patients who underwent laparoscopic complete mesocolic excision for right-sided colon cancer underwent an abdominal computed tomogra...

Ischemic colitis is thought to be an injury the colon as a result of reduced blood flow. Certain infectious diseases such Epstein-Barr virus can aid in reduction The insult range from inflammation and superficial full-thickness necrosis. typical regions affected are “watershed” areas colon: splenic flexure, rectosigmoid junction, right colon. Because patients present with wide spectrum symptoms...

doi:10.1067/mge.2001.112747 including oral and isolated lymphomas involving the central nervous system have been reported in association with CD. Treatment of celiac disease with a gluten-free diet is thought to reduce the chance of CD-associated malignancies.3 Colon malignancies are generally not considered to be associated with CD. However, the results of one study suggest an association betw...

PURPOSE This current study examined the clinicopathologic characteristics of patients with splenic flexure (SF) colon cancer and the association with the surgical outcomes to find the optimal procedure to treat this malady. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 167 operated patients with SF colon cancer were consecutively recruited between 1993 and 2003. The clinicopathological, operative and surv...

We herein present the case report of a 83-year-old female patient who had undergone right colon resection for adenocarcinoma 2 years earlier, and developed osteolytic lesions of the right femur 6 months ago. A roentgenogram of the right thigh, technetium-99m phosphate bone scintigraphy and combined 18F-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography imaging were perfor...