Gastrointestinal image: a true giant transverse colon diverticulum.
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Authors
- Olakowski, Marek; Jabłońska, Beata; Lekstan, Andrzej; Szczęsny-Karczewska, Weronika; Pilch-Kowalczyk, Joanna; Kohut, Maciej; Jabłońska, Beata; Szczęsny-Karczewska, Weronika
- Source
- Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. Jul2011, Vol. 15 Issue 7, p1289-1291. 3p. 2 Color Photographs, 1 Black and White Photograph.
- Subject
- *DIVERTICULUM
*COLON diseases
*GASTROINTESTINAL system
*DIAGNOSTIC imaging
*BARIUM enema
*HISTOPATHOLOGY
*ABDOMINAL tumors
*COLONOSCOPY
*COLECTOMY
*DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis
*COLON diverticulum
*ABDOMINAL surgery
*ABDOMINAL radiography
- Language
- ISSN
- 1091-255X
Unlabelled: Giant colonic diverticulum is an extremely rare condition in colonic diverticular disease. More than 90% of giant colonic diverticula are found in the sigmoid colon. Inflammatory and pseudodiverticula are the most frequent. Only one case of a true diverticulum of the transverse colon has been reported in the literature.Case Report: We report a case of a 22-year-old woman presenting with constipation and meteorism from childhood. A plain abdominal X-ray showed a round radiolucent air-filled cyst. Barium enema revealed a single, large diverticulum of the transverse colon. An extended right hemicolectomy with primary end-to-end anastomosis was performed. The postoperative course was uneventful, and she was discharged in 1 week without any complications. Histopathology showed a true diverticulum containing all layers of the colon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]