The site of stricture formation is mainly in the sigmoid colon and rectum, and in particular in the rectosigmoid and distal sigmoid areas. The reason for this is not clear.

A 16-year-old girl was admitted with abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea of 5 weeks’ duration. Colonoscopy revealed multiple friable lesions in the sigmoid colon. A diagnostic test was performed.

Some people have a sigmoid colon that’s a bit longer than usual, which is a normal variation in human anatomy, she adds. “I was always told I had a long colon,” Grenham recalls.

New Jersey mom of six Elaine Griffin recalls the four main symptoms that led to her being diagnosed with Stage 2b colon cancer last year. Colorectal cancer is on the rise among people under 50 ...

Colonoscopy revealed a large polypoid mass in the distal sigmoid colon, which proved to be adenocarcinoma on the biopsy specimens (Figure 2).

According to a new study, the use of narrow band imaging (NBI) during colonoscopy is sufficiently accurate to allow distal hyperplastic (non-cancerous) polyps to be left in place without removal ...

Colon cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer if you don’t count skin cancers. If the cancer hasn’t spread, then one of the possible treatments is a sigmoid colectomy. That may be a ...

Flexible sigmoidoscopy, a screening test for colorectal cancer that is less invasive and has fewer side effects than colonoscopy, is effective in reducing the rates of new cases and deaths due to ...

An 80-year-old woman with personal history of early-stage breast cancer, treated with lumpectomy and radiation 11 years ago, initially presented with lower gastrointestinal bleeding in June 2008.

The FDA has accepted Salix's New Drug Application (NDA) for filing for Budesonide 2mg Rectal Foam for the induction of remission in patients with active mild to moderate distal ulcerative colitis ...