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Results 1 - 10 of 11 for Sigmoid
  1. Sigmoid colon cancer - x-ray (image) 
    ... a patient with cancer of the large bowel (sigmoid area).
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/1198.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Large bowel resection - discharge 
    You had surgery to remove all or part of your large intestine (large bowel). You may also have had a colostomy . This article describes ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000151.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Large bowel resection 
    Large bowel resection is surgery to remove all or part of your large bowel. This surgery is also called colectomy. The large bowel ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002941.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Sigmoidoscopy 
    ... is a procedure used to see inside the sigmoid colon and rectum. The sigmoid colon is the area of the large intestine ... texture, and size of the lining of the sigmoid colon, rectal mucosa, rectum, and anus.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003885.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Large bowel resection - series (image) 
    ... is sometimes referred to as the left, or sigmoid colon.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100089_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Large intestine (colon) (image) 
    ... Material passes through the ascending, transverse, descending and sigmoid portions of the colon, and finally into the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/19220.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Ulcerative colitis (image) 
    ... only the rectum Proctosigmoiditis affects the rectum and sigmoid colon Left-sided colitis encompasses the entire left ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/19308.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Diverticulitis and diverticulosis – discharge 
    ... in your intestinal wall (most commonly in the sigmoid colon). This article tells you how to take ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000192.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Abscess - abdomen or pelvis 
    ... ovary A perforated diverticulum, most often in the sigmoid colon Inflammatory bowel disease Infection in your gallbladder, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000212.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. Food poisoning 
    ... anus and slowly advanced to the rectum and sigmoid colon to look for the source of bleeding ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001652.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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