Sigmoidoscopy (IMAGE)

NIH/National Cancer Institute

Sigmoidoscopy

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In a sigmoidoscopy, a sigmoidoscope is inserted through the anus and rectum and into the sigmoid colon. The inset shows a patient on a table having a sigmoidoscopy.

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Terese Winslow (artist), Source: National Cancer Institute

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