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Clinical and radiological observations concerning the large pendulum movement of the colon

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The American Journal of Digestive Diseases

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The large pendulum movement of the colon described by Rieder in 1912 remains a rather neglected field in the literature.

Its incidence, clinical importance, differentiation and its place among the other types of colonic movements has been stressed and its roentgen-demonstration illustrated on a series of films.

It is not a regular physiological movement; still its occurrence does not necessarily imply pathology. Its milder form is common; in fact, within certain limits it may be considered physiological; the extreme degree is rather rare. It may mislead one in the interpretation of its x-ray demonstration,—the only way of its recognition—, and in the clinical diagnosis of any disease, located within this mobile, pendular segment of the guts.

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Galambos, A. Clinical and radiological observations concerning the large pendulum movement of the colon. American Journal of Digestive Diseases 11, 151–158 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02999337

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