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Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
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Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
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Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
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Department of Cancer Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, USA.
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Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Kommerell's diverticulum (KD) is a rare congenital vascular abnormality due to the formation of an abnormal aortic arch, most commonly associated with dilatation at the proximal part of the aberrant s...
Periampullary diverticulum (PAD) may make the performance of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in patients with choledocholithiasis more difficult and may increase complication rat...
Outcomes were compared in patients with and without PAD and in those with four types of PAD: papilla located completely inside the diverticulum (type I), papilla located in the inner (type II a) and o...
The median cannulation times in patients with types I, II a, II b, III PAD and in those without PAD were 2.0 min, 5.0 min, 0.67 min, 3.5 min, and 3.5 min, respectively, with difficult cannulation rate...
The division of PAD into four types may be more appropriate than the traditional division into three types. Cannulation of type I and II b PAD was easier than cannulation of patients without PAD, wher...
Tracheal diverticulum is a rare condition often linked to other malformations. This case study highlights the posterior tracheal diverticulum, covering its causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and ...
A 73-year-old Iranian man with a history of cardiac surgery 15 years ago was admitted to the Loghman Hakim Hospital in Tehran, Iran, for retrosternal chest pain, shoulder radiation, and a persistent c...
Tracheal diverticulum is typically asymptomatic but can present with respiratory difficulties, dysphagia, and hoarseness. Diagnosis relies on imaging, and treatment ranges from conservative management...
Perforation is the rarest complication of duodenal diverticulum but also one of its most serious complications. Mortality rate was reported to up to 30%. Clinical diagnosis is usually vague and non-sp...
Congenital müllerian anomalies are found in 8.0% of women with infertility and up to 5.5% of women in a general population. Cervical diverticulum is a type of cervical malformation that can be congeni...
A 35-year-old woman, gravida 2 para 2, presented with persistent menorrhagia, pelvic pain, and abdominal bloating and was found to have an 8-cm right adnexal mass on pelvic ultrasonography. Magnetic r...
Isolated cervical diverticula are rare but should be considered in the differential diagnosis of adnexal masses. Laparoscopic surgery is a safe, minimally invasive approach for evaluation and repair o...
We report a case of a 73-year-old woman affected by Lemmel's syndrome, a rare type of obstructive jaundice caused by a periampullary duodenal diverticulum. The patient was admitted to the Emergency De...
Duodenal diverticulum occurs in approximately 20% of the population and can lead to life-threatening complications such as perforation. Most perforations are secondary to diverticulitis, with iatrogen...
A systematic review was performed according to the PRISMA guidelines. Four databases were searched, including Pubmed, Medline, Scopus and Embase. The primary data extracted were clinical findings, typ...
Forty-six studies were identified, of which 14 articles met inclusion criteria and comprised 19 cases of iatrogenic duodenal diverticulum perforation. Four cases identified duodenal diverticulum pre-i...
Iatrogenic perforation of duodenal diverticulum is exceptionally rare and associated with high morbidity and mortality. There are limited guidelines surrounding standard perioperative steps to prevent...
In a 32-y-old man with neurofibromatosis type 1,...
Congenital anterior urethral diverticulum (CAUD) is an uncommon abnormality of the male urethra. In the literature, cases of CAUD affecting both children within a set of identical twins or presenting ...
To demonstrate a modified approach to the Spence-Duckett procedure for treatment of a distal urethral diverticulum. A urethral diverticulum is an outpouching of urethral mucosa occurring in 2-5% of th...
Spence and Duckett traditionally described insertion of one blade of the Metzenbaum scissors in the urethra with incision into the diverticulum and anterior vaginal wall followed by marsupialization....
While effective, the Spence-Duckett technique is described as a "generous meatotomy" with risks of urethral shortening. Our modified approach reduces these risks, resolves bothersome symptomatology, i...