Two children with congenital apical left ventricular diverticulum and significant mitral incompetence are reported. The angiographic and anatomic findings of the few previously reported patients with congenital diverticula and aneurysm were analyzed and a new classification differentiating between the two is proposed. The clinical data analyzed in apical diverticula and aneurysm are similar to ...

OBJECTIVE Tracheal diverticulum (DV) is an incidental finding in thoracic computed tomography examinations. Tracheal DV may be associated with chronic cough and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). A few studies have investigated the relationship between tracheal DV and COPD. There is still no consensus on the relationship. The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of tr...

Crohn's disease may affect segments of the colon (Brooke, 1959; Lindner, Marshak, Wolf, and Janowitz, 1963; Lockhart-Mummery and Morson, 1960, 1964) where diverticula are a common finding in the middle-aged and elderly (Dearlove, 1954; Pemberton, Black, and Maino, 1947). It would thus be surprising if Crohn's disease did not sometimes occur in the region of colonic diverticula and the object of...

The prevalence of perforated sigmoid diverticular disease in developed countries increased from 2.4/100,000 in 1986, to 3.8/100,000 in 2000. [2] Approximately 50% of all people have diverticula by the time they are 50 years of age, and nearly 70% of all people have diverticula by the time they are 80 years of age. [3] Approximately 75% of people with diverticula have asymptomatic diverticulosis...

The prevalence of perforated sigmoid diverticular disease in developed countries increased from 2.4/100,000 in 1986, to 3.8/100,000 in 2000. [2] Approximately 50% of all people have diverticula by the time they are 50 years of age, and nearly 70% of all people have diverticula by the time they are 80 years of age. [3] Approximately 75% of people with diverticula have asymptomatic diverticulosis...

OBJECTIVE In acromegaly, overproduction of GH and IGF-I causes abnormal extracellular matrix regulation. We hypothesized that this may predispose to the development of colonic diverticula. Because the relation between acromegaly and colonic diverticula is unknown, the study aim was to assess the prevalence of colonic diverticula in patients with cured acromegaly. DESIGN This was a case-contro...

The prevalence of perforated sigmoid diverticular disease in developed countries increased from 2.4/100,000 in 1986, to 3.8/100,000 in 2000. [2] Approximately 50% of all people have diverticula by the time they are 50 years of age, and nearly 70% of all people have diverticula by the time they are 80 years of age. [3] Approximately 75% of people with diverticula have asymptomatic diverticulosis...

Diverticulosis of the terminal ileum is very rare. We report a case of diverticulitis of multiple diverticula of the terminal ileum. A 67-year-old Japanese woman consulted to our hospital because of abdominal pain and melena. A blood laboratory revealed severe anemia increased CRP (11.21 mg/dl). The upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopic examination revealed no significant changes. The col...