Background With the introduction of Onyx, transarterial embolization has become the most common endovascular approach to treating dural arteriovenous fistulas (dAVFs), often via the middle meningeal ...

Objectives To describe all iron deficiency anaemia (IDA)–related causes during follow-up of patients newly diagnosed with IDA and to assess whether a delayed colorectal cancer (CRC) diagnosis ...

She was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. Picture: Supplied “That’s a good thing in some ways, but it’s also really rubbish to receive. It makes you so sick,” she said.

These observations prompted the suggestion that the proximal and distal colon should be considered separately in aetiological studies, with the splenic flexure as a demarcation point. 3 This ...

At 4 years, 39% of patients had an adenoma recurrence: 50% in the proximal colon only and 31% in the distal colon only. Proximal-only adenomas at baseline predicted overall adenoma recurrence (RR ...

Fractures of the forearm can occur at different levels: near the wrist at the farthest (distal) end of the bone, in the middle of the forearm or near the elbow at the top (proximal) end of the bone.

Among patients who had polyps ≥1 cm detected by flexible sigmoidoscopy, approximately 6% had cancer in the distal colon detected by colonoscopy, and approximately 55% had advanced adenomas in ...

The bowel is a common place for endometriosis lesions to grow. Bowel endometriosis is often misdiagnosed as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS); it can occur inside, on, or around the intestines.

ONEIDA, N.Y. — Four Mid-State Corrections Officers appeared before a judge in Oneida County Court on Thursday morning in the case of the murder of inmate Messiah Nantwi. They are just four of 10 ...

Abstract In this article we present a rare variant in which the large intestine was vascularized by the inferior mesenteric artery. It was encountered during macro and microscopic dissection of the ...

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.

Images of positive CT colonography (CTC) screening examination result in an asymptomatic 67-year-old man. Three-dimensional colon map from CTC (left image) shows the location of two sigmoid polyps ...