Giant colonic diverticulum (GCD) is a very rare complication of diverticulosis as approximately only 150 cases have been described thus far. Diagnosis is usually obtained through plain X-ray or CT scan of the abdomen: characteristically, they show an intra-abdominal gas-filled cyst greater than 4 cm in size, which is often indicated as ‘balloon sign’.
Spontaneous deflation of giant colonic diverticula / Virgilio, Edoardo; Mercantini, Paolo; Cavallini, Marco. - In: ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY. - ISSN 1445-1433. - 85:9(2015), pp. 694-695. [10.1111/ans.13070]
Spontaneous deflation of giant colonic diverticula
VIRGILIO, EDOARDO;
2015-01-01
Abstract
Giant colonic diverticulum (GCD) is a very rare complication of diverticulosis as approximately only 150 cases have been described thus far. Diagnosis is usually obtained through plain X-ray or CT scan of the abdomen: characteristically, they show an intra-abdominal gas-filled cyst greater than 4 cm in size, which is often indicated as ‘balloon sign’.File in questo prodotto:
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