Dolichocolon is a rather rare and problematic disease for the surgeon, in which the sigmoid colon is very long, and the cecum protrudes into the pelvic cavity, which significantly impairs intestinal motility. In addition, it can cause constipation, indigestion, and a number of other gastrointestinal diseases.
**Dolichocolon is considered to be an anomaly when the sigmoid colon is equal in length to the entire large intestine.**
The disease is characterized by a characteristic appearance that resembles the classic wheel ligament, but this assumption is considered incorrect, since the occurrence of cones in the pelvic cavity is almost excluded from a physiological point of view. This phenomenon occurs rarely in hereditary pathologies. In adulthood, udley