Association of rectal diverticula and scleroderma.
Barium enema examinations of 7,200 patients were analyzed to determine the presence of rectal diverticula. Five patients with rectal diverticula, a prevalence of 0.07%, were found. Their diameters varied from 10 to 80 mm. Each of the patients had a single rectal diverticulum. Two patients had scleroderma with no other diverticula in the large bowel. None of our patients had symptoms referable to the rectal diverticula.
Department of Radiology, Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA.
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BM
Plavsic
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L
Raider
V H
VH
Drnovsek
M S
MS
Kogutt
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D004733:Enema; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011859:Radiography; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D012007:Rectum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology
D001466:Barium Sulfate