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Residual Diverticulitis After Resection Causing an Elongated Abscess with Prolongated Resolution

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Colorectal Surgery

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The patient suffered from asthma, an enormous goiter, obesity (weight, 252 lb), and severe kyphosis of the thoracic spine. In March 1993, a barium enema demonstrated an “apple core” deformity that could not be reached by colonoscopy examination.

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(2006). Residual Diverticulitis After Resection Causing an Elongated Abscess with Prolongated Resolution. In: Colorectal Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-36941-4_94

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