title: Gastrointestinal image: a true giant transverse colon diverticulum.
abstract: Giant colonic diverticulum is an extremely rare condition in colonic diverticular disease. More than 90% of giant colonic diverticula are found in the sigmoid colon. Inflammatory and pseudodiverticula are the most frequent. Only one case of a true diverticulum of the transverse colon has been reported in the literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a case of a 22-year-old woman presenting with constipation and meteorism from childhood. A plain abdominal X-ray showed a round radiolucent air-filled cyst. Barium enema revealed a single, large diverticulum of the transverse colon. An extended right hemicolectomy with primary end-to-end anastomosis was performed. The postoperative course was uneventful, and she was discharged in 1 week without any complications. Histopathology showed a true diverticulum containing all layers of the colon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Digestive Tract Surgery, Medical University of Silesia, Medyków 14 St, 40-752 Katowice, Poland.
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Olakowski
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jabłońska
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lekstan
authors.forename: Weronika
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Szczęsny-Karczewska
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pilch-Kowalczyk
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kohut
mesh_terms: D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004241:Diverticulum, Colon / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal / Q000379:methods*; D055815:Young Adult