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It is not the purpose of this presentation to prove that all prominent ileocecal valves should be removed or that enlargement of the ileocecal valve is a normal condition and should be studiously ignored. It is rather intended to assure that the enlarged ileocecal valve be evaluated in the light of clinical findings and the need for surgery be determined by a complete examination of the patient.
It is noteworthy that this condition may cause rectal bleeding. This phenomenon may be explained by the very nature of the described sequence of events in the development of the enlarged valve.
Ten cases of enlargement of the ileocecal valve seen at The Brooklyn Hospital between 1953 and 1958 have been presented.
An anatomic and physiologic explanation of the development of enlarged ileocecal valve has been presented and correlated with a symptom complex. It is noteworthy that this condition may cause rectal bleeding.
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Read at the meeting of the American Proctologic Society, Houston, Texas, April 25–27, 1960.
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Marsh, A.P. The enlarged ileocecal valve. Dis Colon Rectum 3, 407–413 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02616803
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02616803