Pathophysiology of Colon Diverticulum

Giant colon diverticulum: rare manifestation of a common disease.

Solitary diverticulum of transverse colon masquerading as polyp.

Spontaneous Hemoperitoneum Caused By a Diverticulum of the Sigmoid Colon

The diverticulum of the sigmoid colon is relatively common in the gastrointestinal tract, with the majority of cases being asymptomatic. A non-traumatic hemoperitoneum secondary to colonic diverticulum is very rare. Here, we report the case of a 35-year-old woman with hemoperitoneum caused by the bleeding of the serosal vessel of the sigmoid colon diverticulum. The bleeding focus was identified...

O6: Pathophysiology of Anxiety Disorders

The most important risk factors for anxiety disorders include genes, early life stress, and current stress. These factors do not act independently but interact with each other throughout human development through examples such as epigenetic modifications and complex forms of learning. The neural substrate of pathological anxiety includes hyperactivity in the amygdala and other limbic brain regi...

Bicornuate Zenker’s Diverticulum