BACKGROUND Epiphrenic diverticula are rare outpouchings of the distal esophagus that infrequently require surgical intervention for the treatment of symptoms. In cases where surgical therapy is indicated, the traditional approach is through a thoracotomy. Advances in minimally invasive techniques have led to thoracoscopic and more recently laparoscopic management of epiphrenic diverticula. The ...

The results of 250 consecutive ERCP examinations were analysed in order to assess whether or not juxtapapillary duodenal diverticula are associated with choledocholithiasis. Cholangiography showed common bile duct stones in 71 patients of whom 25 (35%) had periampullary diverticula. Clear bile ducts were shown in 99, of whom only 12 had diverticula (12%) (p less than 0.05). After allowing for t...

The incidence, aetiology and possible inheritance of duodenal diverticula remain controversial. These aspects are discussed through the presentation of a family, in which duodenal diverticula occurred in a man and his two sons. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such family documented in the medical literature. This familial occurrence may be attributed solely to the high incidence...

UNLABELLED INTRODUCTION Male urethral diverticula are rare. Patients with paraplegia may present with acquired diverticula as a result of prolonged catheterization. Diverticula may be asymptomatic or lead to lower urinary tract symptoms. Rarely, the diverticulum may initially present as a scrotal mass. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a male 45-year-old Arab with paraplegia who pres...

AbsractThis study investigated a 63-day boy with end stage renal disease and abdominalcysts. The antenatal sonography detected anhydraminos, posterior urethral valve,and cystic dysplastic kidneys. Voiding cystourethrogram revealed two obstructivegiant diverticula which at first looked like enlarged renal pelvis. The patient had persistenturinary tract infection and perforation of diverticula. T...

Small bowel diverticula are rare and often asymptomatic. Severe lower gastrointestinal bleeding from jejunal is rarely reported and, therefore, should be considered a differential diagnosis in all cases of with nonconclusive gastroscopy colonoscopy. In this case report, we discuss 75-year-old male massive diverticula. Initial did not reveal the source bleeding. Repeat upper endoscopy pediatric ...

DIvERTicuLA occur in the large bowel and are herniations of the mucous membrane through acquired defects in -the muscular coats-the small pouches being covered by serosa; exicept in the smallest sacs muscle fibres are only found in the neck. When first 'formed the necks are wide and the diverticula globular-later the necks become attenuated and the pouches flask shaped. The appendices epiploica...