We report an extremely rare case of recurrent ascending colon cancer manifesting as inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombus. A 77-year-old woman previously diagnosed with ascending colon cancer underwent right hemicolectomy with lymph node dissection. Though the tumor invaded the retroperitoneum and involved the right ovarian artery and vein, curative operation was performed. The patient took 5-FU p....

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 effect of ispaghula husk on colonic motility of the right and left side was examined in 10 patients with left sided diverticular disease using an untethered pressure sensitive radiotelemetry capsule. After treatment, ispaghula husk reduced mouth to rectum transit by a median of 8.8 hours and the time to midtransverse colon by five hours. In the right colon there was an increase in the media...

background: metastasis and recurrence of colorectal cancer after treatment is attributed to stem cells. the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the expression of stem cell marker cd166 in colorectal cancer by immunohistochemistry and clinicopathologic parameters.methods: from 2006 to 2012, 121 colectomy specimens of patients with colon cancer that were operated in babol ...

A 67-year-old woman who was presented to the gynecologist with a two-month history of heavy vaginal bleeding, after an excisional biopsy of vulvar mass, was diagnosed with the right colon adenocarcinoma metachronous metastasis to the vulva. Pathological examination preliminarily revealed by primary adenosquamous carcinoma of vulva. The original submitting pathologist and gynecologist were conta...

Background/Aims Sessile serrated adenomas (SSAs) are known to be precursors of colorectal cancer (CRC). The proper interval of follow-up colonoscopy for SSAs is still being debated. We sought to determine the proper interval of colonoscopy surveillance in patients diagnosed with SSAs in South Korea. Methods We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients diagnosed with SSAs who re...

BACKGROUND Megachannel is a newly developed colonic access system allowing rapid and multiple passes of the colonoscope to the right side of the colon. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and clinical feasibility of placing a 100 cm Megachannel prototype in the right side of the colon. SETTING Six centers, international, both surgeons and gastroenterologists performin...