This patient presented with a moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid colon, and was found to ... a disseminated peritoneal carcinomatosis was noted with no evidence of ...

They will insert the sigmoidoscope through the rectum and pass it into your sigmoid colon. The doctor will use a small amount of air to expand the colon to see the colon walls. You may feel mild ...

The colon consists of four parts: descending colon, ascending colon, transverse colon, and sigmoid colon. While the small intestine plays a major role in absorbing nutrients from food, the large ...

The colon is responsible for absorbing any leftover water, salts, and vitamins from food matter and condensing it into fecal matter. The fecal matter is then passed from the sigmoid colon into the ...

Traditionally, vaginoplasties involved three common techniques—penile inversion, peritoneal flap, and sigmoid colon procedures. While these methods remain unchanged, the introduction of robotic ...

It is characterized by the presence of multiple gas-filled cysts within the wall of the colon, occurring most often in the sigmoid colon and rectum. Most cases are believed to be idiopathic but an ...

The exam revealed that she had a 5-centimeter polyp in her sigmoid colon, the section of the colon that connects to the rectum. Shortly thereafter, doctors removed 3 feet of her colon and 13 lymph ...

A 27-year-old man in India, who was rushed to a hospital after complaining about severe abdominal pain, was found to have an 8-inch deodorant canister wedged in his sigmoid colon. The unidentified ...