Colonic diverticulitis

Case contributed by Augusto César Vieira Teixeira , 31 May 2013
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Mostafa Elfeky , 21 Nov 2021

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Acute diverticulitis; , epiploic appendagitis; , ureteral stones; , pelvic inflamatoryinflammatory disease; and rupture ectopic pregnancy; .

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DiverticulitisColonic diverticulitis

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CT evidences diverticular outpouchings at the sigmoid colon infering inferring diverticulosis associated with sigmoid wall thickening and adjacent fat stranding.

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DiverticulitisColonic diverticulitis
Age changed from 40 to 40 years .
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Previously heatlhy 40-years-old man presents with severeSevere lower abdominal pain on the left side
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CT features of acute colonic diverticulitis affecting the sigmoid colon.

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  • 1. Destigter KK, Keating DP. Imaging update: acute colonic diverticulitis. Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2009;22 (03): 147-55. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0029-1236158">doi:10.1055/s-0029-1236158</a> - <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2780264">Free text at pubmed</a> - <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20676257">Pubmed citation</a><span class="ref_v3"></span>
  • 2. Jacobs DO. Clinical practice. Diverticulitis. N. Engl. J. Med. 2007;357 (20): 2057-66. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMcp073228">doi:10.1056/NEJMcp073228</a> - <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18003962">Pubmed citation</a><span class="ref_v3"></span>
  • 1.Destigter KK, Keating DP. Imaging update: acute colonic diverticulitis. Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2009;22 (03): 147-55. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0029-1236158">doi:10.1055/s-0029-1236158</a> - <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2780264">Free text at pubmed</a> - <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20676257">Pubmed citation</a><span class="ref_v3"></span>
  • 2.Jacobs DO. Clinical practice. Diverticulitis. N. Engl. J. Med. 2007;357 (20): 2057-66. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMcp073228">doi:10.1056/NEJMcp073228</a> - <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18003962">Pubmed citation</a><span class="ref_v3"></span>

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