Case Report

Rectal diverticulitis mimicking rectal carcinoma with intestinal obstruction: Case report

Volume 26 · Issue 1 Publish Date: January 15, 2015
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Ümit Özçelik
Department of General Surgery, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
Hüseyin Yüce Bircan
Department of General Surgery, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
Eryiğit Eren
Department of General Surgery, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
Ebru Demiralay
Department of Pathology, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
İclal Işıklar
Department of Radiology, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, , İstanbul, Turkey
Alp Demirağ
Department of General Surgery 3, Ankara Atatürk Research and Education Hospital, Ankara
Gökhan Moray
Department of General Surgery, Başkent University, School of Medicine, Ankara
Özçelik, Ümit, Bircan, H. Y., Eren, E., Demiralay, E., Işıklar, İclal, Demirağ, A., & Moray, G. (2015). Rectal diverticulitis mimicking rectal carcinoma with intestinal obstruction: Case report. Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 26(1), 60–62. https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2015.4521
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Abstract Although diverticular disease of the colon is common, the occurrence of rectal diverticula is extremely rare with only sporadic reports in the literature since 1911. Symptomatic rectal diverticula are seen even less frequently, and surgical intervention is needed for only complicated cases. Here we report the case of a 63-year-old woman presenting with rectal diverticulitis mimicking rectal carcinoma with intestinal obstruction.

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Journal Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology
Volume / Issue Volume 26 · Issue 1
Pages 60-62
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Published Online January 15, 2015
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Ümit Özçelik
Department of General Surgery, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
Hüseyin Yüce Bircan
Department of General Surgery, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
Eryiğit Eren
Department of General Surgery, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
Ebru Demiralay
Department of Pathology, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
İclal Işıklar
Department of Radiology, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, , İstanbul, Turkey
Alp Demirağ
Department of General Surgery 3, Ankara Atatürk Research and Education Hospital, Ankara
Gökhan Moray
Department of General Surgery, Başkent University, School of Medicine, Ankara
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Özçelik, Ümit, Bircan, H. Y., Eren, E., Demiralay, E., Işıklar, İclal, Demirağ, A., & Moray, G. (2015). Rectal diverticulitis mimicking rectal carcinoma with intestinal obstruction: Case report. Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 26(1), 60–62. https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2015.4521
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