PNEUMATOSIS cystoides intestinalis is a rare condition characterized by the presence of gas-filled cysts involving the intestinal wall and its attachments. It is known under a variety of names: gas ...

When it comes to treating lower back pain, the focus is usually on the quadratus lumborum, multifidus, psoas major, sacroiliac joints, and lumbar vertebrae. However, there are cases of lower back pain ...

Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers affecting both women and men; it kills approximately 50% of patients and this number has been almost unchanged for 20 years. Gene expression arrays ...

PC, a rare condition, is a form of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis that generally presents late in middle age. It is characterized by the presence of multiple gas-filled cysts within the wall of ...

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 ...

The researchers sampled the right (ascending) and left (descending) colon and the rectum.The composition of hydrogen-utilizing microbes varied among the sample sites and each subject possessed a ...