Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

The transverse colon is a segment of the large intestine that passes horizontally across the abdomen and sits beneath other organs in the abdominal cavity. As the longest and most mobile part of the ...

‌Gastrointestinal perforation is when a hole develops in your gastrointestinal (GI) tract. This condition can easily have serious complications that could result in death. Early detection and ...

Gastrointestinal (GI) perforation is when a hole develops in the GI tract, which includes the stomach, small intestine, and large bowel. It can result from colon cancer, gallstones, and other factors ...

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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 ...

A perforated bowel is a serious condition, and immediate action such as surgery needs to be taken to prevent infection and death. Bacteria and stool from the bowel can spill into the abdominal cavity, ...

Caecal cancer and ascending colon cancer had slower rates of metastasis to main nodes compared with transverse colon cancer. Routine prophylactic extended lymphadenectomy for the superior mesenteric ...

A perforated bowel causes sudden and severe abdominal pain and requires immediate medical care. You will often need surgery ...