Giant diverticulum of the colon: Report of two new cases and review of the literature

International Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-40

  Matthyssens, L E ^a,b   Van Hee, R ^a   Van Osselaer, G E ^b   Lemmens, L ^b  

^a Stuivenberg General Hospital   (Belgium)

^b General Hospital Maria Middelares   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Anemia; Colon; Complication; Diverticular disease; Diverticulum; Giant; Sigmoid; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ANEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; GIANT DIVERTICULUM; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SIGMOID; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; AGED; COLON DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIVERTICULUM, COLON; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMANS; MALE; SIGMOID DISEASES;

EID: 0041734807     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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