Woman who had agonizing stomach pain and a bloated belly had a twisted colon, or sigmoid volvulus. Doctors had to untwist it and remove part of her colon.

Monoallelic loss of PTEN and ARID1A is identified in normal colonic epithelium. The resulting haploinsufficient phenotypes ...

Giant colonic diverticulum is an uncommon presentation of colonic diverticular disease. It is characterised by the presence of a diverticulum exceeding 4 cm in size, with approximately 90% of the ...

Her colon had to be “unkinked” during an emergency colonoscopy, Grenham says, then shortened to prevent it from happening again. The sigmoid colon — the part of the large intestine nearest ...

Gallstone ileus of the sigmoid colon is an important, though extremely rare, cause of large bowel obstruction. The gallstone often enters the large bowel through a fistula formation between the ...

She had been in pain for the entire 90-minute flight. Her abdomen was so distended and tender that she felt as if it might ...

Symptoms of proctitis can include rectal bleeding, anal and rectal pain, and diarrhea. Sigmoidoscopy A minimally invasive procedure used to diagnose intestinal symptoms and looks for the presence of ...

Ashland County health officials are seeking grant money to increase at-home colorectal cancer screening kits — despite a ...

Diseases of the GI tract include irritable bowel syndrome and colon cancer. A minimally invasive procedure used to diagnose intestinal symptoms and look for the presence of abnormal tissue in the ...

Here are more doctors and nurses who are willing to share their shocking experiences, sourced from the BuzzFeed Community, ...