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Diverticulitis
Known as:
Diverticulitides
, Diverticulitis NOS
, Diverticulitis [Disease/Finding]
Inflammation of one or more pouches or sacs that bulge out from the wall of a hollow organ, such as the colon. Symptoms include muscle spasms and…
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ARTERIAL TORTUOSITY SYNDROME
Colitis
Colon diverticulum anatomic structure
Dicumarol
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Colonic Diverticulitis
chronic diverticulitis
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Diverticulosis
Gastrointestinal Diseases
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1986
1986
Ultrasonography of hepatic portal venous gas due to diverticulitis.
S. Fataar
,
E. Cadogan
,
O. Spruyt
British Journal of Radiology
1986
Corpus ID: 11055080
Diverticulitis is an infrequent cause of hepatic portal venous gas (HPVG) and it is not associated with the grave prognosis of…
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1981
1981
Primary resection without anastomosis for perforation of acute diverticulitis.
Liebert Cw
,
DeWeese Bm
1981
Corpus ID: 56697791
With perforation during acute diverticulitis, with or without abscess, the highest mortality occurs in patients in whom a…
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1962
1962
Acute cecal diverticulitis. Report of 25 cases.
E. E. Nicholas
,
W. B. Frymark
,
J. Raffensperger
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA…
1962
Corpus ID: 38088528
An evaluation of acute cecal diverticulitis with right lower quadrant pain or melena was carried out in a study of 25 patients…
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1960
1960
Differential diagnosis of carcinoma of the sigmoid and diverticulitis; evaluation of aids.
J. L. Ponka
,
B. Brush
,
J. Fox
Journal of the American Medical Association
1960
Corpus ID: 39217028
In order to establish criteria for the differential diagnosis between diverticulitis and carcinoma of the sigmoid colon, a study…
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1960
1960
Diverticulitis of cecum and ascending colon.
V. C. Daniels
,
E. H. Wood
Journal of the American Medical Association
1960
Corpus ID: 37047969
In the course of about 5,000 examinations of the colon, diverticula have been noted in 10 cases. Five of the 10 patients had…
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Review
1960
Review
1960
Massive hemorrhage from diverticulitis
S. T. Ross
,
H. J. Eddy
Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
1960
Corpus ID: 7819972
SummaryIn the absence of ulcerative colitis, massive hemorrhage from the large bowel is usually caused by diverticular disease…
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Review
1956
Review
1956
Colonic diverticulitis associated with carcinoma; review of fifty cases.
C. Mayo
,
L. T. Delaney
Archives of Surgery
1956
Corpus ID: 8058534
The differentiation of diverticulitis and carcinoma of the colon has been long recognized as a difficult problem. The present…
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1956
1956
Pulmonary complications of amebiasis; a report of six cases.
B. H. Webster
Diseases of the Chest
1956
Corpus ID: 44254786
SUMMARY Six cases of pulmonary amebiasis or 6.3 per cent among 95 patients with intestinal amebiasis are reported. Five occurred…
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1953
1953
Surgical treatment of diverticulitis of the colon.
M. K. Bartlett
,
W. McDermott
New England Journal of Medicine
1953
Corpus ID: 39460292
THE purpose of this paper is to advocate a more aggressive attitude toward the surgical treatment of diverticulitis of the colon…
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1940
1940
The Roentgenologic Differential Diagnosis between Cancer and Diverticulitis of the Colon1
R. Schatzki
1940
Corpus ID: 73296689
THE difficulty in differentiating diverticulitis of the colon, particularly of the sigmoid colon, from a carcinoma of the bowel…
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