Her colonoscopy revealed a fungating, infiltrative and ulcerated partially obstructing large 7 cm mass in sigmoid colon. The biopsy revealed well- to moderately differentiated invasive adenocarcinoma.

The sigmoid colon is the final part of your colon before the rectum, and it finishes the job of turning food waste into a solid mass that looks like what you typically see in the toilet. [ 2 ] ...

The sigmoid colon is the last section of the bowel — the part that attaches to the rectum. It pushes feces along the bowel tract. It’s about a foot and a half long (around 40 centimeters) and ...

Colon cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer if you don’t count skin cancers. If the cancer hasn’t spread, then one of the possible treatments is a sigmoid colectomy. That may be a ...

Just when she thought life couldn’t get busier, New Jersey mom of six Elaine Griffin got diagnosed with Stage 2b colon cancer. “I was very shocked, and I think the doctors were as well because ...

Flexible sigmoidoscopy is a test that a doctor uses to check the inner lining of your rectum and the lower part of your colon.. You may get this test if you have certain gut problems, such as ...

The 70-year-old patient had initially presented with rectal bleeding. Colonoscopy revealed a large ulcerated, fungating, friable mass at 30 cm in the sigmoid colon. Biopsy showed an invasive ...

However, at the obstruction site, the mucosa was edematous with an acute angulation of the sigmoid colon, compatible with extraluminal compression. These findings, together with the previous imaging ...

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.