The large intestine includes four sections: the sigmoid colon, which connects the colon to the rectum; the descending colon, which runs down the left side of your body; the transverse colon ...

Proctosigmoiditis is a form of left-sided ulcerative colitis that affects the rectum and sigmoid colon rather than a larger area of the colon. It usually causes diarrhea. Proctosigmoiditis affects ...

Griffin was 44 when doctors discovered that a 4.3-centimeter tumor had broken through the wall of her sigmoid colon, the part of the large intestine that connects to the rectum. The Hamilton ...

The sigmoid colon and its attachments can also stretch out as a person ages, researchers note. When there’s that extra length and slack, the sigmoid colon can twist on itself, a condition known ...

"This continuum suggests that metabolic processes do not change abruptly but rather evolve along the length of the colon ... upregulated in tumors from the sigmoid, rectosigmoid, and rectum ...