RT Book, Section
A1 Doherty, Gerard M.
SR Print(0)
ID 58108969
T1 Diverticulitis
T2 Quick Answers Surgery
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58108969
RD 2024/04/24
AB •  Results  from  perforation  and/or  infection  of  colonic  diverticulum•  Most  common  in  sigmoid  colon•  Becomes  clinically  significant  when  infection  spreads  through  wall  of  colon,  into  pericolic  tissue•  May  lead  to  intra-abdominal  abscess,  peritonitis•  Believed  to  result  from  increased  intraluminal  pressure•  Cecal  diverticulitis  may  resemble  appendicitis  clinically•  May  be  complicated  by  colonic  fistulae  (colovesical,  coloenteric)•  Involvement  of  the  entire  colon  in  up  to  10%•  Noncomplicated:  Localized  to  colon,  pericolic  tissue•  Complicated:  Abscess,  fistula,  obstruction,  peritonitis