Open AccessGiant Sigmoid Diverticula:A Review
Author(s) -
Richard F. Kempczinski,
Joseph T. Ferrucci
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-197412000-00012
Subject(s) - medicine , sigmoid function , sigmoid colon , diverticulosis , diverticulum (mollusc) , anastomosis , complication , surgery , hepatic diverticulum , meckel's diverticulum , rectum , machine learning , artificial neural network , computer science
Two patients with giant sigmoid diverticula are added to 13 cases reported in the literature and the clinical features of this rare complication of diverticulosis are reviewed. These lesions probably arise as pseudodiverticula of the sigmoid colon with herniation of the mucosa through the muscle wall. They become progressively inflated by colonic gas via a ball-valve type mechanism. They are best treated by resection of the diverticulum, in continuity with the involved sigmoid, and primary anastomosis.