diverticulitis
Inespecific Diverticulitis (3 of 4)
Recent advances in our understanding of the pathogenesis of diverticular disease of the colon demand a more critical approach to the pathologic, radiologic and clinical distinction between diverticulosis...
Inespecific Diverticulitis (2 of 4)
This endoscopic image shows inespecific inflammatory changes in the descending colon.
Inespecific Diverticulitis (1 of 4)
This 73 year-old male presented 3 days with fever chill and acute left iliac fossa pain, the endoscopic image presents inespecific alterations of the descending colon, patient has diverticulae of the...
Sigmoid Diverticulitis - Colovesical Fistula...
Pneumaturia and fecaluria may be intermittent and must be carefully sought in the history. Pneumaturia occurs in approximately 60% of patients but is nonspecific because it can be caused by gas-producing...
Sigmoid Diverticulitis - Colovesical Fistula...
Colovesical fistulae primarily result from diverticular disease. Ileovesical fistulae are most likely associated with Crohn disease. Rectovesical fistulae are more common in the setting of trauma or...
Sigmoid Diverticulitis - Colovesical Fistula...
The incidence of fistulae in patients with diverticular disease, the most common cause of colovesical fistula, is generally accepted to be 2%, although referral centers have reported higher percentages....
Sigmoid Diverticulitis - Colovesical Fistula...
Colonoscopy, is not particularly valuable in detecting a fistula, but it is helpful in determining the nature of the bowel disease that caused the fistula and is typically part of the evaluation....
Sigmoid Diverticulitis - Colovesical Fistula...
Methylene blue was administered with a foley´s catheter into the bladder passing the stain material within the sigmoid.
Sigmoid Diverticulitis - Colovesical Fistula...
Affected patients often give a history of passage of stool and gas via the involved organ. Thus, common symptoms with a colovesical fistula include pneumaturia, dysuria, or irritative symptoms, and...