[A man with chronic abdominal pain and obstipation].
A 66-year old man presents with chronic pain in the abdomen and obstipation. Explorative laparotomy revealed that his symptoms were caused by a giant diverticle from the colon sigmoideum.
MC Zuiderzee Ziekenhuis, Lelystad, afd. Chirurgie, the Netherlands. janvanoverbeeke@hotmail.com
A J Jan
AJ
van Overbeeke
Gijs D
GD
Algie
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D000368:Aged; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004241:Diverticulum, Colon / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome