title: [Sigma's stenosis. Clinical, diagnostic and therapeutical problems].
abstract: Sigma's stenosis represent a frequent pathology, but its very difficult to have a pre-operatory diagnosis about the nature of these stenosis, not withstanding the introduction of more sophisticated instruments of diagnosis. In this work we present 9 cases of sigma stenosis; some of these with a common etiology and other very interesting for their rare and unusual origins. The patients were underwent to a different timing of diagnosis and therapy based on clinical history and diagnostic hypotheses; our experiences demonstrate that the clinical intuition is really useful for a correct diagnosis in the patients with a sigma's stenosis and consequently, in order to plan the correct therapy.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Scienze Chirurgiche, Università di Roma, La Sapienza.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pulcini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guerriero
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Masci
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Feroci
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stio
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Giacomelli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*