2 Satoshi Awazu, Risa Araki, Toshihiko Awazu 3 4 Awazu Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan 5 6 Address correspondence to Satoshi Awazu, Awazu Hospital, Nagasaki 851-0251, Japan. Phone: 7 +81-95-826-9088. E-mail: [email protected]. 8 9 10 ABSTRACT 11 12 A previous study revealed loop formation of the colonoscope in the sigmoid colon in 13 79% of patients. Colonoscope looping in the sigmoid colon is ...

Introduction: Intussusception in adult is an uncommon clinical entity. An intussusception involving left sided colon due to a benign tumor such as angiolipoma still more uncommon. Prompt pre-operative diagnosis using imaging technique helps in appropriate surgery. Case report: We present a 60years old patient who presented with features of intestinal obstruction who was evaluated with CECT and ...

the treatment strategy of colonic injuries is a debatable and highly controversial subject worldwide in various medical centers. the method of treatment of left and .. right colonic injuries, diversity or similarity in their management and particularly differences between the treatment of war-associated injury from other types of colonic damage are among the unsettled issues. the present study ...

Cystic lymphangioma is a rare benign tumour occurring during childhood. This tumour, caused by lymphatic system malformations, commonly occurs in head and neck regions. Herein, we report the case of a three-month-old male infant, diagnosed with a large cystic mass in the abdominal cavity and groin. The infant presented with low-grade fever and significant abdominal distension. Abdominal CT scan...

Sigmoid colon is one of the most variable parts of the large intestine. Here we report a very rare type of variation of the sigmoid colon. This variation was observed during the routine dissections for undergraduate medical students at Melaka Manipal Medical College (Manipal Campus) India in September 2012. In the current case, the sigmoid colon was about 60 cms long and made an inverted U shap...

background geographic information system (gis) software has been used in health care systems to display and analyze spatial pattern of diseases and health services. objectives this study was performed to assess spatial patterns of colon’s pathologic lesions based on the pathologic reports and assess whether it is possible to use gis software in health services. patients and methods archives of ...

To test the hypothesis that AA transporter transcripts are present in the large intestine and similarly expressed along the intestinal tract, mRNA abundance of candidate AA transporter genes solute carrier (SLC) family 7, member 9 (SLC7A9), SLC7A1, SLC7A8, and SLC43A1 encoding for b(0,+)-type AA transporter (b(0,+)AT), cationic AA transporter-1 (CAT-1), L-type AA transporter-2 (LAT-2), and L-ty...

cystic lymphangioma is a rare benign tumour occurring during childhood. this tumour, caused by lymphatic system malformations, commonly occurs in head and neck regions. herein, we report the case of a three-month-old male infant, diagnosed with a large cystic mass in the abdominal cavity and groin. the infant presented with low-grade fever and significant abdominal distension. abdominal ct scan...

Summary. Objective. To analyze the experience of treatment patients with diverticular disease colon, complicated by bleeding.
 Materials and methods. Analyzed 221 patients, hospitalized in Military Medical Clinical Center Southern region Odessa, who underwent 263 surgeries for colon its complications. Intestinal bleeding as a cause hospitalization was noted 17 (7.6 %) patients.
 Resul...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the colorectal cancer clinical data with respect to the anatomical location and stage of disease. DESIGN Retrospective observational study. SETTING Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), Nairobi, Kenya. SUBJECTS Two hundred and fifty three tumours were categorised as right colonic (RCC), left colonic (LCC) and rectal (RC) lesions. The distribution of symptoms (rectal blee...