A sigmoid septum is a curved wall in the heart. Learn about the causes and symptoms, treatment options, and more.

The patient underwent a one-stage incision and drainage for a rectal abscess, followed by sigmoid colostomy and a two-stage reversal of the sigmoid colostomy; all procedures were performed through ...

Read about the three types of diverticular disease, including diverticulosis, diverticulitis, and diverticular bleeding.

The Tsavo man-eaters terrorized railroad workers in British East Africa in the 19th century, but their tastes went well beyond human flesh.

The otogenic complications: meningitis, sigmoid and transverse sinus thrombosis and epidural abscess. Postępy w chirurgii głowy i szyi/Advances in Head and Neck Surgery, 12 (2), 26-30.

Since the sigmoid colon is the most common site of carcinoma of the colon as well as diverticulitis, the differential diagnosis of these two lesions is often difficult.

In 2 cases the sigmoid loop was to the right of the midline, so that with the findings of crampy abdominal pain, tenderness in the right and middle portions of the abdomen, slight fever and ...

Diverticular disease is an umbrella term that refers to the condition where outpouchings (called diverticula) are present in the wall of the colon, and any symptoms or complications that may occur as ...

Takakura Y, Ikeda S, Yoshimitsu M, Hinoi T, Sumitani D, Takeda H, et al. Retroperitoneal abscess complicated with necrotizing fasciitis of the thigh in a patient with sigmoid colon cancer.

Diverticulitis most frequently affects the sigmoid colon. Learn more about the impact of sigmoid diverticulitis and how it’s diagnosed and treated.