5 cm from the ileocecal valve with no macroscopic metastases or suspicious nodes. This was resolved with a right hemicolectomy and resection of approximately 30 cm of distal ileum. The pathology ...

The ileocecal valve does not limit the progress of the ... In all the cases the first signs of inflammation were related to the rectum and distal segments of the large bowel as determined on ...

Attempts to reflux contrast into the terminal ileum beyond the ileocecal valve were unsuccessful ... The short segment of distal bowel was ‘twisted’ or spiraled just proximal to the cecum.

Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen and pelvis revealed mild dilatation and fecalization of the distal small intestine ... with a patulous ileocecal valve (Panel B). To convert the values ...

The small intestine was resected from 10 cm distal to the ligament of Treitz, to 15 cm proximal to the ileocecal valve. The two remaining portions of intestine were then joined by end-to-end ...