1–11 The purpose of this communication is to present 2 cases in which acute, closed-loop obstruction of the ascending colon in combination with incomplete descent of the cecum was mistaken for ...

The scale rates three sections of the colon, right (cecum and ascending colon), mid-colon (transverse and descending) and rectosigmoid, on a five-point scale (0–4). Total score (0–14 ...

including the ascending and transverse portions. Colon cancer can occur in any section of the colon. About 20% occur in the ...

Also, though involvement of the ascending colon is said to follow ulceration of the cecum or appendix, in many such cases the ulcer has not been demonstrated. The disease is known to occur ...

the cecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, rectosigmoid colon, and rectum. The ...

Methods: York piglets, n=38, 0-21 day, had feces removed surgically from cecum, right and left colon sites. Samples (n=111) were centrituged and supernate analyzed for electrolytes (EL:sodium ...