García Flórez L J, Otero Diez J, López Muñiz C, Santamaría Girón L, Pérez Suárez A
General Surgery and Digestive Service, Hospital Carmen y Severo Ochoa, Cangas del Narcea, Asturias, Spain.
Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2002 Dec;94(12):772-7.
The giant colonic diverticulum is a very rare clinical entity usually located in the sigmoid colon of elderly patients. A case of an 87-year-old woman recently treated in our hospital is reported hereinafter. The patient was non-surgically treated due to her advanced age and high surgical risk.