The NHS doesn’t offer bowel screening until we’re 50. Yet with cancer rates rising, it may be worth forking out for a private ...

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice found a gynecologist surgeon negligent for failing to detect and repair a bowel perforation during a 2015 laparoscopic surgery, resulting in life-threatening ...

The result of abdominal auscultation was that no bowel sounds were audible. Figure 1. Plain computed tomography of the abdomen revealed a stringy shadow in the jejunum (white arrow). Hollow viscus ...

Colonoscopic perforation was considered to be present if any of the followings was observed: visualization of extra-intestinal structure during the endoscopic examination, presence of ...

Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago. The release of homicide victims’ names is delayed by two weeks to allow time for the victims’ families to be notified of a ...

Diarrhea may result from a bacterial or viral infection of the stomach and bowel, which is called gastroenteritis or “stomach flu.” People may get bacterial gastroenteritis by eating or ...

A perforated bowel, or intestinal perforation, occurs when a hole forms in the wall of the small intestine or colon (large intestine). This allows the bowel's contents to leak into the abdominal ...

In 10% to 20% of cases, PSC can lead to a rare form of cancer called cholangiocarcinoma affecting the bile ducts. Bowel Perforation and Toxic Megacolon Bowel perforation is a rare but potentially life ...

Abdominal CT revealed thickening of the small intestinal wall and free gas within the mesenteric space, indicating gastrointestinal perforation. Emergency surgery identified multiple tumors in the ...