A new report confirms earlier research that colon perforation in multiple myeloma is associated with corticosteroids, though the exact cause of the apparent link is not known. Colon perforation in ...

Spontaneous perforation of the colon is defined as a sudden perforation of the normal colon without any diseases such as tumor external injury. It is rare, often misdiagnosed and has a high mortality ...

An 80-year-old man presented with progressive lower left-quadrant abdominal pain. Imaging studies identified a mass adjacent to the sigmoid colon, with features suggestive of an abscess, although no ...

Patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) who experience colon perforation may have similar survival times to those without perforation. Patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) may ...

Efficacy and safety of fruquintinib across different subgroups of patients with previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer: A meta-analysis. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2024 ASCO ...

Colonoscopy is considered a safe procedure, although complications can occur. The most dreaded of these is iatrogenic perforation. The literature reports perforation rates of 0.03%-0.8% for diagnostic ...

It’s the life-saving screening test that 50-somethings dread. A colonoscopy can detect polyps in the colon, but in less than one in every 1,000 cases, there is a serious side effect: the scope pierces ...

We carried out an analysis of all patients who underwent either colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy at the Siriraj GI Endoscopy center, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, ...

An axial view of a CT scan of the patient's pelvis shows free air in the left hemiscrotum (Panel A, arrow). An axial view shows diverticular disease affecting the distal colon and widespread gas in ...