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Diverticular Disease - Hemorrhage (2 of 15)
Sequence of images and videos in a case on diverticular hemorrhage. Diverticular disease is a cause of lower gastrointestinal bleeding. The bleeding stopped spontaneously, the patient was...
Diverticular Disease - Hemorrhage (1 of 15)
An 83 year-old man, retired medical doctor, showing a painless, bleeding by the rectum, He was hospitalized, and no hemodynamics changes were observed. His hemoglobin was 9.0 mg/dl.
Diverticular Disease
Endoscope view of the colon affected by diverticular disease. It causes sacs (in brown) to form and protrude from the colon wall. Colon Diverticulae, diverticular disease, showing small outpouching...
Diverticular Colitis (7 of 7)
The sigmoid colon, where colonic intraluminal pressures are greatest, is most commonly affected. Depending on the location of the affected diverticulum, abscesses may form peritoneally or retroperitoneally....
Diverticular Colitis (6 of 7)
Diverticulitis in the right colon or in a redundant sigmoid colon may be mistaken for acute appendicitis. Diverticulitis in the transverse colon may mimic peptic ulcer disease, pancreatitis, or cholecystitis....
Diverticular Colitis (5 of 7)
The clinical presentation of diverticulitis depends on the location of the affected diverticulum, the severity of the inflammatory process, and the presence of complications. Because diverticula and,...
Diverticular Colitis (4 of 7)
Diagnosis is made histologically and endoscopically. The differential diagnosis includes inflammatory bowel disease, infectious colitis, NSAID-induced colitis, and ischemic colitis, which can usually...
Diverticular Colitis (3 of 7)
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS Patients may be asymptomatic or have features resembling those seen in patients with segmental colitis including hematochezia and abdominal pain.
Diverticular Colitis (2 of 7)
Diverticular Colitis Infrequently, patients with diverticular disease develop a segmental colitis most commonly in the sigmoid colon. The endoscopic and histologic features vary, ranging from mild...
Diverticular Colitis (1 of 7)
This 84 year-old female was hospitalized during 10 days in a hospital in the Republic of The United States of America due to a diverticulitis, 45 days after the patient was discharged from the hospital,...
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