Diseases of the ileocecal valve

Kahle, M.

Münchener Medizinische Wochenschrift 122(43): 1503-1504

1980


ISSN/ISBN: 0341-3098
PMID: 6780843
Document Number: 167115
Diseases of the ileocecal valve are rare. Symptoms are caused by intestinal obstruction resulting from an enlargement of Bauhini's valve. The diagnosis in confirmed by x-ray. Only coloscopy and biopsy can verify the nature of the neoplasm. Regional ileocecal resection is the treatment of choice for benign lesions. In cancerous lesions hemi-colectomy has to be performed.

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