Items tagged “colon”
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Descending colon
The descending colon is the continuation of the transverse colon after the left colic flexure, where the colon loses its mesentery.
Gross anatomy
The descending colon measures up to 25 cm in length and is secondarily retroperitoneal. It descends down attached to the left posterior abdominal w...
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Sigmoid colon
The sigmoid colon is the continuation of the descending colon.
Gross anatomy
After the distal descending colon has curved medially it enters the pelvis, where it gains a mesentery and is then called the sigmoid colon. It measures approximately 15 cm in length.
It has a "S" (Greek letter sigm...
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Rectum
The rectum is the last part of the large intestine. It is located within the pelvis and is the continuation of the sigmoid colon after the rectosigmoid junction and continues as the anal canal at the anorectal angle created by puborectalis.
Gross anatomy
At the level of the S3 vertebral body,...
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Inferior lumbar hernia
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Pseudomembranous colitis
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05 May 2013
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Carcinoma of sigmoid colon
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20 May 2013
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Diverticulitis
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30 May 2013
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Partial colectomy with iliocolic anastomosis
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03 Aug 2013
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Toxic megacolon
Toxic megacolon is an acute complication seen in both types of inflammatory bowel disease and, less commonly, in infectious colitis and other types of colitis. It is due to fulminant colitis, which causes loss of the neurogenic tone of the colon, leading to severe dilatation and increasing the r...
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Pseudomembranous colitis
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26 Sep 2013
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Krukenberg metastasis from rectosigmoid carcinoma
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11 Feb 2014
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Chilaiditi sign on CT
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25 Feb 2014
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Small left colon syndrome
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12 Jul 2014
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Perforated, malignant large bowel obstruction due to cecal distension and venous ischemia
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30 Jul 2014
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Juvenile polyposis syndrome
Juvenile polyposis syndrome, also referred as familial juvenile polyposis, is one of the polyposis syndromes and consists of hundreds of juvenile polyps.
Epidemiology
Presentation in the second decade is most common 2.
Clinical presentation
Rectal bleeding, bowel obstruction and intussuscept...
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Fibrosing colonopathy
Fibrosing colonopathy a condition characterized by progressive submucosal fibrosis, particularly of the proximal colon. It is associated with high dose lipase supplementation used to treat exocrine insufficiency of the pancreas, such as in treatment for cystic fibrosis.
Epidemiology
It is more...
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Perforated diverticulitis
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Pseudomembranous colitis
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21 Apr 2015
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Cecal volvulus with iatrogenic complication
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28 May 2015
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Colonic transit study
The colonic transit study is an older technique to estimate colonic transit time.
Terminology
Various names are used for this type of study including shapes study, colon motility test, Sitz marker study and Transit-Pelletsmethod, and variations thereof.
Indications
In constipation, it can ...
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