A 46-year-old female with a history of chronic constipation and episodes of minor rectal bleeding underwent colonoscopy. She was diagnosed with an infrarenal abdominal aorta aneurysm for which ...

The colon, or large intestine, is where fibers and digested food are turned into stools. It has numerous sections, including the ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The colon is defined as the portion of the large intestine extending from the cecum to the rectum. It has four segments: The ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon ...

PNEUMATOSIS cystoides intestinalis is a rare condition characterized by the presence of gas-filled cysts involving the intestinal wall and its attachments. It is known under a variety of names: gas ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Rectal and left-sided colon cancers are not clearly delineated by location but rather are characterized by a ...

The sigmoid colon is the last section of the bowel — the part that attaches to the rectum. It pushes feces along the bowel tract. It’s about a foot and a half long (around 40 centimeters) and is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A point-of-care intestinal ultrasound effectively assessed endoscopic disease severity through bowel wall ...

PC, a rare condition, is a form of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis that generally presents late in middle age. It is characterized by the presence of multiple gas-filled cysts within the wall of ...