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sigmoid
(redirected from sigmoid colon)

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The colon is the large intestine, which includes the sigmoid colon, spastic colon and transverse colon.
In black South Africans the descending colon is predominantly affected, whereas the sigmoid colon is invariably involved in Western countries and right-sided diverticulosis is more prevalent in Asian populations.
The study was limited to carcinoma of the rectum/rectosigmoid, and analysis was also made of sigmoid colon, descending colon and colon excluding the rectum'.
 
 
 
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