rec·to·sig·moid junc·tion the site at which the sigmoid colon becomes the rectum; usually takes the form of an acute angle, demarcated externally by a discontinuation of appendices epiploicae, a spreading out of the teniae coli to completely encircle the rectum, and consequently, termination...
We report an 82-year-old woman with perforation of a sigmoid diverticulum into the right groin with subsequent phlegmonous inflammation of the abdominal wall. A Hartmann's procedure with necrectomy of the abdominal wall was performed. Histopathologic examination revealed an ingested chicken bone ...
An unusual case of inflammation of the transverse colon and mesocolon: Probably acute sigmoiditisCattleFollicular growth Veterinary medicineNo abstract availabledoi:10.1002/bjs.1800072510A. E. Mortimer WoolfJohn Wiley & Sons, LtdBritish Journal of Surgery...
inflammationoralulceresophagealulcerThis case report describes a female patient with Crohn 's disease who had diffuse proctosigmoiditis without a longitudinal ulcer or cobblestone appearance at the initial attack. She was treated with sulfasalazine on the presumptive diagnosis of ulcerative colitis. Two ...