[Giant diverticulum of the sigmoid]

J Can Assoc Radiol. 1980 Sep;31(3):168-70.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We have located only 40 cases of giant diverticulum of the colon in the medical literature. We wish to inform radiologists of this rare complication of diverticular disease of the colon.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diverticulum, Colon / complications*
  • Diverticulum, Colon / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / diagnostic imaging
  • Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / etiology*
  • Radiography
  • Sigmoid Diseases / complications*
  • Sigmoid Diseases / diagnostic imaging