Presentation
Left lower quadrant pain and fever.
Patient Data
Age: 60 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Diverticulitis
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Extraluminal gas with surrounding inflammatory fat stranding and adjacent thickening of the sigmoid colon.
Case Discussion
Findings are typical for diverticulitis. The pericolic extraluminal gas indicates diverticular perforation, and the fat stranding and bowel wall thickening are indicative of inflammation.
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