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AIDS policy & law (26)5 2011
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We feel that CTM cannot be recommended in general. However, in selected patients who are continuously bleeding at a low rate and in whom iv-CT was negative, CT mesentericography might be helpful.
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PMID: 20652852
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The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society : official organ of the Louisiana State Medical Society (163)4 2011
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We present the following case of a patient who presented with signs and symptoms of diverticulitis. After failure of medical management, surgical intervention revealed a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma with a component of large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma....
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PMID: 21954656
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We systematically reviewed the literature regarding the epidemiology and clinical course of diverticulitis in immunosuppressed patients. Our goal was to develop recommendations regarding the care of this group of patients.
Using PubMed and Web of Knowledge we systematically reviewed all studies publ...
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PMID: 21178867
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MMW Fortschritte der Medizin (152)44 2010
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We present the case report of 43-years old woman, which underwent appendectomy some years sooner, and was accepted into the hospital because of 48-hours taking right iliac fossa pain. Local peritoneal irritation was present. During laparotomy resection of right colon with the toilette of abdominal c...
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PMID: 20731317
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In a retrospective analysis, among a cohort of patients who were referred for outpatient treatment, we found that such treatment was effective for the vast majority (94%) of patients. Women and those with free fluid on CT scan appear to be at higher risk for treatment failure....
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PMID: 20484998
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Two hundred and ninety-nine patients were admitted between 2000 and 2007. One hundred and seventy-eight patients underwent acute surgery and 121 patients received elective operations. The median age of the 121 patients was 69 years (range: 28-94 years), significantly higher in acute patients (P = 0....
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PMID: 20380006
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A more focused utilisation of preoperative imaging in females of reproductive age and patients at the extremes of age is suggested. Long-term follow-up should be offered to patients with granulomatous appendicitis and neoplastic appendiceal diseases....
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PMID: 20124568
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Acta Chirurgica Belgica (110)3 2010
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Jejunal diverticulosis is a rare clinical finding with possible serious complications. A case of acute abdomen due to a perforated jejunal diverticulum is discussed, followed by a literature review concerning aetiology, symptoms, complications, diagnosis and treatment is provided.
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PMID: 20690527
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Acta Chirurgica Belgica (110)1 2010
Non-Meckel's ileal diverticulitis with perforation: a rare cause of acute right lower quadrant pain.
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A man, aged 74, presented with a rare clinical entity of an acute surgical abdomen similar to acute appendicitis. This case showed a non-Meckel's ileal diverticulitis that was complicated with a diverticular perforation and associated peritonitis. This is a very rare but potential life-threatening s...
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PMID: 20306919
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We describe the intriguing case of chronic anaemia in an infant, where concomitant endoscopic findings misled the diagnosis of jejunal duplication cyst as the cause of enterorrhagia....
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PMID: 20098005
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The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology (20)4 2009
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We aimed to remind physicians that the clip assisted method is a safe and effective technique for pancreatic and/or biliary cannulation, and should be preferred in patients in whom cannulation is extremely difficult due to large periampullary diverticula.....
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PMID: 20084573
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The indication for surgery follows the classification according to Hansen and Stock. The abdominal postoperative complications (wound infection, anastomotic leak, prolongated bowel atonia, and others) occurred by elective operated group in 9% and by acute operated group in 26.9%. The overall abdomin...
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PMID: 20052939
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Colonic diverticulosis is a common, usually asymptomatic, entity of Western countries, with an incidence that increases with age. When these diverticula become infected and inflamed, patients can present with a wide variety of clinical manifestations. Management of acute, uncomplicated diverticuliti...
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PMID: 19699411
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Medical Care (47)7 2009
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Abdominal pain visits accounted for 38.8 million encounters; 17.8% received a CT and 11.7% received an US. CT use increased from 10.1% in 2001 to 22.5% in 2005 (P < 0.001). US use increased from 11.1% in 2001 to 13.6% in 2005 (P = 0.002). During the same period, detection rates for appendicitis, div...
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PMID: 19536032
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Minerva chirurgica (64)3 2009
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Cirugía Española (85)6 2009
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We report the fifth case of coloduodenal fistula secondary to colonic diverticulosis. Our patient, a 60-year-old man, presented with severe diarrhoea and recurrent severe hypokalaemia. A partial colectomy with en bloc excision of the fistula was performed, and the duodenal defect was closed primaril...
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PMID: 19551302
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Orvosi Hetilap (150)19 2009
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Probiotics are preparations containing viable microorganisms that confer potential health benefits for the host. Alteration of bacterial flora both in terms of specific content and concentration may be beneficial in many gastrointestinal disorders. Probiotics are widely used for the management of th...
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PMID: 19403432
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Our patient was admitted with acute abdomen and exploratory laparotomy revealed two side-by-side perforations of the sigmoid colon. A Hartmann's procedure was performed. Macro- and microscopic evaluation confirmed the presence of two perforated sigmoid diverticula due to diverticulitis. Simultaneous...
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PMID: 19562554
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Pediatric Emergency Care (25)5 2009
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We describe 2 interesting presentations of neonatal Meckel's diverticulum with review of the literature. Our first patient presented with massive bleeding per rectum in the first week of life, which is the only case reported so far. The second case presented with milk curd obstruction in the Meckel'...
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PMID: 19444035
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A total of 127 men and 21 women reported clinically diagnosed diverticular disease since baseline. The risk for incident diverticular disease decreased 6.2% per km x d(-1) run (P = 0.04). Relative to men and women who ran 8 km x d(-1) had 48% lower risk...
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PMID: 19346983
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Laparoscopic sigmoid resections for diverticulitis can be performed with great safety and low conversion rate. Several adjustments in operation technique and perioperative management had to be done to achieve a complication rate and conversion rate at an acceptable low level....
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PMID: 19390278
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Southern Medical Journal (102)4 2009
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Charts of 104 controls and 614 patients hospitalized with complicated diverticulitis were reviewed based on specified inclusion and exclusion criteria. There was no significant difference between groups by either gender (P = 0.066) or BMI (P = 0.648). There was a significant difference in age and LO...
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PMID: 19279547
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Several embryopathies involve umbilicus including midgut herniation, omphaloceles, urachal and vascular anomalies. Although described earlier, hernia into umbilical cord has not found enough mention in the literature. Poor understanding of its clinical characteristics has made to miscategorization o...
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PMID: 19347675
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Medicine (Baltimore) (88)2 2009
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We analyzed 124 cases of IPA collected from 1990 through 2004 in 11 hospitals in Spain. Twenty-seven (21.8%) patients had primary and 97 (78.2%) had secondary IPA. The main sources of infection were bone (50.5%), gastrointestinal tract (24.7%), and urinary tract (17.5%). A definitive microbial diagn...
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PMID: 19282703
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Military Medicine (174)3 2009
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We present the case of a 35-year-old active duty sailor who presented with a 24-hour history of worsening abdominal pain and nausea. His exam revealed lower abdominal peritonitis. An abdominal and pelvic CT scan revealed a fluid-filled structure in the pelvis adjacent to the distal small bowel with...
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PMID: 19354104
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We report a case of jejunal diverticular disease, complicated by acute diverticulitis, in a 75-year-old male who was successfully treated with conservative approach. The non-surgical approach was enabled by early assessment with multislice CT and active close observation....
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PMID: 19208318
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Gastroenterology (136)2 2009
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In most of the patients studied, ambulatory conservative management was safe and effective in the treatment of uncomplicated acute diverticulitis. Moreover, this approach reduces length of hospital stay and lowers costs....
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PMID: 19231679
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We provide an illustrative presentation, emphasizing the difficulties in preoperative diagnosis of complicated Meckel's diverticulum and underlining the nonspecific nature of the subjective and objective findings. Both cases were admitted to our clinic with acute abdomen diagnoses--first case as a i...
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PMID: 20187476
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Gastroenterology (136)1 2009
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Studies of obesity and diverticular complications are limited. We assessed the relationship between body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, and waist-to-hip ratio and diverticulitis and diverticular bleeding.
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PMID: 18996378
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Khirurgiia ()4 2009
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20 patients with the complicated forms of Meckel diverticulum are treated. The nosological forms were: acute diverticulitis (n=16), acute ileus (n=2), intestinal bleeding (n=1) and perforation of diverticular wall with foreign body n=1). All cases were diagnosed only intraoperatively. The majority o...
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PMID: 19491757
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In the Netherlands approximately 14,000 patients are referred to hospital for diverticular disease each year. Overall controversy persists about four aspects of treatment of the different stages of diverticulitis, i.e. the role of antibiotics in the treatment of mild diverticulitis, the question of...
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PMID: 19857313
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Hepato-gastroenterology (56)96 2009
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We discussed the management of the rare cases like this. The defined perforated sections, along with the entire distal colon including the sigmoid colon were removed on surgery. In our experience, asymptomatic patients in this situation are usually treated expectantly, with surgery reserved for acut...
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PMID: 20214217
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Annals of Surgery (249)1 2009
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LSR was associated with a 15.4% reduction in major complication rates, less pain, improved quality of life, and shorter hospitalization at the cost of a longer operating time....
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PMID: 19106674
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Jejunal diverticulosis is a rare acquired-disease which courses asymptomatic in most cases. In spite of the fact that there are some publications of this entity in pediatric patients, most symptomatic cases have been found in adults. Reported herein is the case of a patient that presented to the eme...
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PMID: 20550867
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Radiation Medicine (26)10 2008
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the epiploic appendages in patients with acute abdomen using multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and to determine the incidence of primary and secondary epiploic appendagitis (EA).
A radiologist reviewed MDCT images from 1338...
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PMID: 19132488
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PDF is available here.
Radiation Medicine (26)10 2008
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the epiploic appendages in patients with acute abdomen using multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and to determine the incidence of primary and secondary epiploic appendagitis (EA).
A radiologist reviewed MDCT images from 1338...
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PMID: 19132488
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PDF is available here.
Radiation Medicine (26)10 2008
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the epiploic appendages in patients with acute abdomen using multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and to determine the incidence of primary and secondary epiploic appendagitis (EA).
A radiologist reviewed MDCT images from 1338...
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PMID: 19132488
PDF is available here.
PDF is available here.
Radiation Medicine (26)10 2008
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the epiploic appendages in patients with acute abdomen using multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and to determine the incidence of primary and secondary epiploic appendagitis (EA).
A radiologist reviewed MDCT images from 1338...
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PMID: 19132488
PDF is available here.
PDF is available here.
Radiation Medicine (26)10 2008
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the epiploic appendages in patients with acute abdomen using multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and to determine the incidence of primary and secondary epiploic appendagitis (EA).
A radiologist reviewed MDCT images from 1338...
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PMID: 19132488
PDF is available here.
PDF is available here.
Radiation Medicine (26)10 2008
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the epiploic appendages in patients with acute abdomen using multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and to determine the incidence of primary and secondary epiploic appendagitis (EA).
A radiologist reviewed MDCT images from 1338...
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PMID: 19132488
PDF is available here.
PDF is available here.
Radiation Medicine (26)10 2008
Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the epiploic appendages in patients with acute abdomen using multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and to determine the incidence of primary and secondary epiploic appendagitis (EA).
A radiologist reviewed MDCT images from 1338...
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PMID: 19132488
PDF is available here.
PDF is available here.
Radiation Medicine (26)10 2008
Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the epiploic appendages in patients with acute abdomen using multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and to determine the incidence of primary and secondary epiploic appendagitis (EA).
A radiologist reviewed MDCT images from 1338...
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PMID: 19132488
PDF is available here.
PDF is available here.
Radiation Medicine (26)10 2008
Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the epiploic appendages in patients with acute abdomen using multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and to determine the incidence of primary and secondary epiploic appendagitis (EA).
A radiologist reviewed MDCT images from 1338...
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PMID: 19132488
PDF is available here.
PDF is available here.
Radiation Medicine (26)10 2008
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the epiploic appendages in patients with acute abdomen using multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and to determine the incidence of primary and secondary epiploic appendagitis (EA).
A radiologist reviewed MDCT images from 1338...
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PMID: 19132488
PDF is available here.
PDF is available here.
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We present here a case of a symptomatic KJD that was successfully treated with the flexible endoscopic diverticulotomy using two new devices. An isolated-tip needle-knife papillotome (Iso-Tome) was used for the dissection of the tissue bridge of the diverticulum. And a flexible overtube with a modif...
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PMID: 19030220
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