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Giant colonic diverticulum: Clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment: Systematic review of 166 cases

Author(s) -

Giuseppe Nigri

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

world journal of gastroenterology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427

H-Index - 155

eISSN - 2219-2840

pISSN - 1007-9327

DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.360

Subject(s) - medicine , diverticular disease , abdominal pain , diverticulum (mollusc) , presentation (obstetrics) , anastomosis , surgery , abdominal mass , rare disease , sigmoid colon , general surgery , disease , rectum

To investigate the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of giant colonic diverticulum (GCD, by means of a complete and updated literature review). GCD is a rare manifestation of diverticular disease of the colon. Less than 200 studies on GCD were published in the literature, predominantly case reports or small patient series.

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