Colorectal cancer may be treated with a laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection, an operation in which the anus, rectum, and sigmoid colon are removed and a colostomy performed. Learn more from WebMD.

Bryce Ramsey was crowned Mrs. Mississippi Plus America in 2024. She wears the color blue because it’s associated with colon cancer awareness. Courtesy Bryce Ramsey Friends and family were ...

New Jersey mom of six Elaine Griffin recalls the four main symptoms that led to her being diagnosed with Stage 2b colon cancer last year. Colorectal cancer is on the rise among people under 50 ...

Some people have a sigmoid colon that’s a bit longer than usual, which is a normal variation in human anatomy, she adds. “I was always told I had a long colon,” Grenham recalls.

Surgeons may well be proud of the decrease in the mortality associated with the surgical treatment of diverticulitis. Only fifteen years ago, Smithwick 3 reported a mortality of 17.1 per cent, and ...

Similar measurements were made of the various layers of the sigmoid colon in 20 additional specimens that had been resected for chronic ulcerative colitis but in which there were no strictures ...

Background: Signet-ring cell carcinoma (SRCC) of the rectum and sigmoid colon is a rare and highly malignant challenge in clinical practice. Although high PD-1+CD8+ tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) ...

Diverticular disease is an umbrella term that refers to the condition where outpouchings (called diverticula) are present in the wall of the colon, and any symptoms or complications that may occur as ...

This investigation ultimately leads to the diagnosis of sigmoid adenocarcinoma. Although rare, sciatica caused by S. gallolyticus infection of the spinal epidural space may serve as the initial ...

Herein, we report the case of a 61-year-old female with poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the ascending colon and sigmoid, with choriocarcinomatous differentiation, masquerading a psoas abscess ...

This condition causes abscesses to form around the colon, which can extend or rupture into an adjacent organ. In the case of colovesical fistulas, this affects the bladder.