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Rectosigmoid Region

Known as: RECTOSIGMOID JUNCTION, junction rectosigmoid 
The area where the sigmoid colon joins the rectum.
National Institutes of Health

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2011
2011
Color Doppler of Meckel’s diverticulum: report of two cases *
Meckel’s diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract and bleeding is its most frequent… 
2010
2010
Solitärer Lebertumor als Manifestation der Panarteriitis nodosa
Anamnese: Untersuchungsbefunde: Diagnose, Therapie und Verlauf: Folgerung: History: Diagnostic procedures: Therapy and clinical… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Brief clinical review CT findings in epiploic appendagitis
Appendix epiploicae are normal, fat-filled outpouchings of peritoneum arising from the serosal surface of the colon. They occur… 
2001
2001
Electric activity of the rectosigmoid canal and its relation to rectal and sigmoid electric activity: an evidence of a sphincteric function of the rectosigmoid canal.
We have previously demonstrated that the rectosigmoid junction is more than a junction: it is a segment with a mean length of 2.8… 
1999
1999
Rigid videosigmoidoscopy vs conventional sigmoidoscopy
AbstractBackground: Not only is rigid sigmoidoscopy uncomfortable for patients, but visualisation of the rectosigmoid junction… 
1995
1995
A Multicenter Study of Colorectal Adenomas Rationale, Objectives, Methods and Characteristics of the Study Cohort
Background and Aims The Multicenter Study of Colorectal Adenomas (SMAC) is a retrospective-prospective cohort study involving… 
1990
1990
Investigations of the muscular architecture of the rectosigmoid junction in humans
The rectosigmoid junction, the segment of the gut where the colon merges with the rectum, has characteristic morphologic features… 
1985
1985
[Myenteric plexuses and colonic diverticulosis: results of a histological study].
The implication of intraluminal hyperpressure in the pathogenesis of colonic diverticulosis was investigated. Since colonic… 
Review
1980
Review
1980
[Ruptures and "spontaneous" perforations of the rectum and sigmoid: a report on two cases and review of the published literature (author's transl)].
Though ruptures and "spontaneous" perforations of the rectum and sigmoid are sometimes confused they are very different… 
1956
1956
A cucumber perforating rectosigmoid junction.