A sigmoid septum occurs when part of the heart muscle expands and blocks a pathway blood uses to leave the heart’s left side. It often does not cause symptoms and has links to aging.

As scientists question the rise in early colon cancer cases, a new study is offering some potential answers. Colored scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell (center ...

Colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy are both procedures that can help your doctor understand what’s happening inside your colon. A colonoscopy offers a full view of the large intestine and is the best ...

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 ...

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.

The patient presented with lower abdominal cramping pain, an urge to defecate, and bloody stools lasting one day. The medical evaluation included imaging tests like the computed tomography scan ...

An analysis of data based on 7782 polyps ≤ 5 mm from 11 studies found specificity values of 0.62 (95% CI, 0.52-0.71) and 0.85 (95% CI, 0.75-0.92) for the proximal and distal regions of the colon ...

Furthermore, 12 specimens of "normal" sigmoid colon that had been resected for carcinoma were measured. In none of these specimens was there complete obstruction, but the gut above the tumor was ...

Background: Signet-ring cell carcinoma (SRCC) of the rectum and sigmoid colon is a rare and highly malignant challenge in clinical practice. Although high PD-1+CD8+ tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) ...

In the study, single-cell RNA sequencing of IECs from the mid-distal colon in uninfected mice was used to discover the two lineage subsets of absorptive IECs, as identified by differential gene ...

In the study, single-cell RNA sequencing of IECs from the mid-distal colon in uninfected mice was used to discover the two lineage subsets of absorptive IECs, as identified by differential gene ...