The average colon size is 120 to 150 centimeters (roughly ... and is often a surgical emergency. A redundant sigmoid colon could lead to sigmoid volvulus. The sigmoid colon is the part of the ...

Diverticula, which can range from pea-size to much larger ... in the lower portion of the large intestine (called the sigmoid colon). Diverticulosis is very common and occurs in 10% of people ...

The sigmoid and descending colon had a nodular appearance due to multiple round, easily compressible elevations of varying size. The overlying mucosa was macroscopically intact (see Figure 1 below).

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 ...

They will insert the sigmoidoscope through the rectum and pass it into your sigmoid colon. The doctor will use a small amount of air to expand the colon to see the colon walls. You may feel mild ...

Diverticula can occur anywhere in the digestive tract, though they are most common in the sigmoid colon (the part of the colon that is closest to the rectum).