diverticulitis
Acute Diverticulitits - Perforation
There is a continuum of perforation from micro perforation, which is presumably an igniting step in acute diverticulitis and which occurs well before there is evolution to a visible peridiverticular...
Diverticulitis (4 of 4)
Acute diverticulitis is the most common complication of colonic diverticulosis and is one of the most frequently encountered acute diseases of the colon. It begins as a localized intramural infection...
Diverticulitis (3 of 4)
This patient presented multiple foci of diverticulitis, this endoscopic sequence displayed at least 3 diverticulum that showed diverticulitis.
Diverticulitis (2 of 4)
Endoscopic View of Diverticulitis of the Sigmoid. Inflamed diverticulum with mucopurulent exudated, erythematous and swollen mucosa. Colonoscopy revealed focal diverticulitis: peridiverticular inflammation...
Diverticulitis (1 of 4)
This 75 year-old male, presented with adynamic Ileum, abdominal pain, rebound tenderness and the cat scan displayed a peridiverticular abscess.
Acute Diverticulitis (5 of 5)
Final status of closing the micro perforation. The patient was managed as an ambulatory basis with wide spectrum antibiotics, improving the clinical course.
Acute Diverticulitis (4 of 5)
Using of TriClip, Endoscopic Clipping Device. Due to the suspicion of micro perforation of the diverticula. We used a clipping device to close the micro perforation.
Acute Diverticulitis (3 of 5)
This image as well as the video clip is seen with magnifying colonoscope. The tiny hole is observed which has suspicion of micro perforation.
Acute Diverticulitis (2 of 5)
Another image and video of that diverticula which has suspicion of micro perforation, there are some fecaliths in the diverticulae nearby.
Acute Diverticulitis (1 of 5)
This 65 year old male. He had presented three days previously with abdominal pain, fever, chills, and leukocytosis, left lower quadrant tenderness with rebound. The image and the video show a diverticula...
Endoscopic View Of Diverticulitis Of The Sigmoid...
The sigmoid and descending colon show signs of diverticulitis. Diverticulitis is defined as an inflammation of one or more diverticula. Fecal material or undigested food particles may collect in...
Endoscopic View Of Diverticulitis Of The Sigmoid...
The rectal mucosa displays several inespecific ulcerated lesions. Diverticulitis in patients younger than aged 40 years seems to have a particularly aggressive and fulminant course and requires early...
Endoscopic View Of Diverticulitis Of The Sigmoid...
More images and videos concerning this case. Endoscopically an inflammatory process with an erythematous mucosa with interstitial edema is observed. The clinical picture was consistent of colonic...
Endoscopic View Of Diverticulitis Of The Sigmoid...
A 43 year-old male, presented with adynamic Ileum, rebound tenderness in the left lower abdominal quadrant, abdomen distended and tympanic to percussion. This endoscopic findings are inespecific but...
Diverticulitis Of The Sigmoid (2 of 2)
Diverticular Disease of the Sigmoid Colon The image and the video clip display a diverticulitis of the sigmoid, showing a mucopurulent exudate and edema. The most common symptom of diverticulitis...