For both adenomas and carcinomas, about half were located proximal to the splenic flexure.

The midgut ends 2/3 of the way across the transverse colon near the splenic flexure.

No sedation is required during this procedure as long as the examination does not exceed the level of the splenic flexure.

The resonant note heard upon full expiration is likely to be due to the air-filled stomach or splenic flexure of the colon.

The left colic flexure is near the spleen, and hence called the splenic flexure.

There is a general feeling in published studies that colitis extending beyond the splenic flexure can be regarded as extensive in terms of cancer risk.

Splenic flexure syndrome.

The descending colon begins at the splenic flexure at at the upper left part of the abdomen.

The highest probability of malignancy occurred in strictures proximal to the splenic flexure, where 6/7 (86%) were malignant.

There is a significantly increased risk of colorectal cancer in patients with ulcerative colitis after ten years if involvement is beyond the splenic flexure.

Some physicians classify splenic flexure syndrome as a type of IBS; others consider it a separate condition.

It travels all the way down to the midgut/hindgut junction, which occurs just before the splenic flexure of the transverse colon.

Thus, the left colic flexure is also known as the splenic flexure (as it is close to the spleen).

The descending colon is the part of the colon from the splenic flexure to the beginning of the sigmoid colon.

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The five blood group A patients show thenormal pattern of expression of the A antigen in the proximal colon but loss distal to the splenic flexure.

From another point of view, six of the 17 malignant strictures occurred proximal to the splenic flexure compared with only one of 53 benign strictures (p<0.001).

Left-sided colitis: Involvement of the descending colon, which runs along the patient's left side, up to the splenic flexure and the beginning of the transverse colon.

However, there are weak points, or "watershed" areas, at the borders of the territory supplied by each of these arteries, such as the splenic flexure and the transverse portion of the colon.

After colonscopy, 3.6 g of PEG in 30 ml water were passed through the working channel of the colonoscope and deposited in the descending colon just below the splenic flexure.

In a fifth, B antigen was expressed strongly in the descending colon, but only weakly in the splenic flexure and the sigmoid colon which suggests that it might have been artefactual.

Biopsy specimens taken a few cm distal to the splenic flexure and in the sigmoid colon were staiend with haematoxyline and eosin and were assessed blindly for the degree of inflammation.