BACKGROUND There were only few case reports in which CTC was performed in patients with colostomy. CASE PRESENTATION A 68-year-old man was admitted with right abdominal pain and bloody stool that had been present for 2 weeks prior to admission. His medical history included abdominoperineal rectal resection with permanent sigmoid stoma (Miles operation). Colonoscopy showed a sub-occlusive tumo...

PURPOSE Colonic elongation is reported as a possible cause for slow colonic transit, as it is observed in patients with slow-transit constipation (STC). This study aimed to determine the frequency of colonic elongation in children with STC or anorectal retention using radioimaging. We hypothesized that transverse colon elongation may occur in patients with STC, whereas sigmoid colon elongates i...

PURPOSE The aim of this study is to assess the short-term outcome of intraoperative colonic irrigation and primary anastomosis and to suggest the usefulness of the procedure when a preoperative mechanical bowel preparation is inappropriate. METHODS This retrospective study included 38 consecutive patients (19 male patients) who underwent intraoperative colonic irrigation and primary anastomos...

Stercoral perforation of the colon, though rare, is associated with high mortality. Review of the literature identified only three prior cases reported during pregnancy. We report a case on a multiparous female presenting at 31 weeks of gestation with acute abdominal pain. Computed tomography suggested a sigmoid colon perforation. An urgent exploratory laparotomy was performed where feculent pe...

73-year-old male was a victim of sigmoid colon cancer. He received a sigmoid-colectomy 10 years ago. He suffered from watery diarrhea about 3 times per day for 2-3 months recently. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a heterogeneously enhanced mass in the transverse colon and a 9x8.2 cm well-marginated mass in the left lobe of the liver. The hepatic tumor showed mixed signal intensity on T1...

The location of the sigmoid colon varies within the abdominal cavity, but its mesocolon is fixed to the left side. Right side fixation of the sigmoid colon is a very rare congenital positional anomaly. In addition, it has been reported that hepatocolic fistula is also a very rare disease that may present lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Here, the authors describe a case of a 71-year-old man who...

Fistula formation between bowel and total hip arthroplasty or revision arthroplasty hardware is rare. We present a case of a 78-year-old woman with protrusio of left hip arthroplasty and acetabular reconstruction hardware that caused direct perforation of the sigmoid colon and fistula formation between the sigmoid colon and the left hip joint. The patient underwent several joint debridements, s...

Colonic perforation during colonoscopy is a rare but lethal complication. Recently, it is usually managed with laparoscopic approach. Here we present our experience of single incision laparoscopic repair for sigmoid colon perforation during colonoscopy. A 57-year-old male patient presented with an acute sigmoid colon perforation event during diagnostic colonoscopy. Emergency operation was perfo...

INTRODUCTION Synchronous gastric and colorectal cancer is present in 4% of cases, commonly as additional finding. This is the case of invasive, synchronous gastric and sigmoid colon cancer. CASE REPORT A 63-years-old male patient admitted to our institution complaining on pains in epigastrium, vomiting, rapid weight loss and occasional constipation. Using the method of esophagogastroduodenosc...