title: [Gigantic diverticulum of the colon. A complication of diverticulosis?].
abstract: We present a patient affected of diverticular disease of the colon, with diverticulosis and two giant diverticula of the sigma, both located at the mesenteric edge. We would like to stress the low incidence of reports about this entity in the medical literature, its uncommon location and the fact of a double lesion coinciding in a single patient. We discuss the most important nosocomial aspects and the different diagnoses. Finally, we support the idea of distinguishing three different entities that in the medical literature are usually unified as a single "giant diverticulum of the colon". We reaffirm ourselves on the importance of an early diagnosis and a correct indication for surgery.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía General Hospital Germans Trías i Pujol, Badalona, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hidalgo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: De Castro
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Servent
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alastrué
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rull
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Casas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Albero
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Llamazares
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vilagrasa
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Salvá
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004239:Diverticulitis, Colonic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004241:Diverticulum, Colon / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Divertículo gigante de colon. Una complicación de la diverticulosis?