Giant colonic diverticulum: Report of four cases and review of the literature

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1178-1185

  Choong, C K ^a   Frizelle, F A ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cystic duplication; Diverticular disease; Giant colonic diverticulum; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; SIGMOID; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLON; COLOSTOMY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIVERTICULUM, COLON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031718533     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02239441     Document Type: Article

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