diverticulum
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 Bleeding (4 of 4)
A fecalith is seen at the sigmoid. Causes of major lower GI bleed Very common Diverticular disease Angiodysplasia Less common Ischemia Neoplasia Inflammatory bowel disease Hemobilia Perianal...
Diverticular Bleeding (3 of 4)
Signs of recent diverticular bleeding include: active bleeding, visible vessel, adherent clot.
Diverticular Bleeding (2 of 4)
This image and the video clip display a diverticulosis with active bleeding. Lower GI bleeding from diverticulosis occurs in the form of bright red-colored or wine-colored stools.
Diverticular Bleeding (1 of 4)
It is usually sudden in onset, painless and substantial. Diverticulosis is the cause in 30 to 50 percent of cases with massive bleeding from the colon. However, the bleeding stops spontaneously in...
Rectal Diverticula
A 53 year-old female, whose the entire colon has diverticular disease, and no segment above the rectum was free of it. The image and the video clip display a rectal diverticula that is not frequently...
Enterorrhagia (2 of 2)
Close up of the diverticula. Same case as above Diverticular bleeding usually is self-limited but may be recurrent. The bleeding stopped spontaneously. Complications of diverticulitis: Diverticulitis...
Enterorrhagia (1 of 2)
Pathogenesis of a diverticular bleeding. The colonic diverticulum which appears to form as a herniation of intestinal mucosa through defect in the colonic wall where penetration of arterioles (vasa...
Inverted Diverticulum
The video clip displays a moving diverticula back and forward, giving the appearance of being a polyp. In order to watch this case you should download the video clip. In some cases the inverted diverticulum...
Colon Diverticula - Foot Steps Impression
The image and the video clip display three diverticulae that they seem a Foot Steps impressio