Giant cysts in diverticular disease of the sigmoid colon.
Two patients with a giant cyst of the sigmoid colon are presented. The literature is reviewed and the clinical features, differential diagnosis and treatment are discussed.
D000368:Aged; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000473:pathology; D004239:Diverticulitis, Colonic / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004241:Diverticulum, Colon / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011006:Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*