Sigmoid colon diverticulosis is commonly seen in both the surgical outpatient and emergency departments. Rarely, these sigmoid diverticulum, which usually range from 2– 3mm to 2cm in size, can enlarge to more than 10 times. This is due to a ball-valve type mechanism that traps colonic gas inside the sigmoid diverticulum causing it to gradually enlarge. Patients with a giant sigmoid diverticulum...

During prenatal life, urinary bladder communicates with allantois through a structure known as urachus which becomes atrophied and its lumen gets cicatrized after parturition (Laverty and Salisbury, 2002). Partial or complete failure of lumen obliteration of this structure results in different anomalies like pervious urachus where complete length of urachal lumen fails to obliterate (Langan et ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of minimally invasive percutaneous cystostomy with ureteroscopic pneumatic lithotripsy for treating calculus in bladder diverticula. Percutaneous cystostomy with ureteroscopic pneumatic lithotripsy was performed on six elderly male patients with calculi in bladder diverticula, who could not be treated with transurethral ureteroscopic li...

Giant vesical calculus (more than 100 g) is a very rare clinical entity [1]. During pregnancy, it may be associated with infections, abortions, premature delivery, urinary fistula, and rarely dystocia of labor [2]. When bladder stone (BS) remains asymptomatic and thereby gains large size of several centimetres, it may be diagnosed first time during labor when timely interventions must be taken ...

Spontaneous bladder rupture is rare. Presentation is non-specific and in absence of history of trauma, radiation, inflammatory conditions and other leading causes, there is considerable diagnostic delay. Absence of clear cut diagnostic signs leads to increased morbidity and mortality. In many patients, omentum seals perforation, giving diverticular appearance in Cystogram. The objective of this...