Gamuts

Segmental narrowing of colon

Diverticulitis, specifically colonic diverticulitis, is a gastrointestinal disease characterized by inflammation of abnormal pouches—diverticula—which can develop in the wall of the large intestine. Symptoms typically include lower abdominal pain of sudden onset, but the onset may also occur over a few days. [Source: Wikipedia ]

May Be Caused by
 Common
Abscess
Adhesions
Circular muscle contraction
Colon carcinoma
Crohn disease
Diverticulitis
Endometriosis
Ischemic colitis
Narrow anastomosis
Pericolic inflammation
Postoperative deformity
Ulcerative colitis
 Uncommon
Actinomycosis
Adhesive bands
Amebiasis
Amebic liver abscess
Amyloidosis
Angiostrongyliasis costaricensis
Carcinoid
Cathartic colon
Caustic colitis
Colon ulcer
Cytomegalovirus colitis
Foreign body perforation with pericolic abscess
Fungal colitis
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor
Helminthoma
Herpes colitis
Hydatid disease
Intramural bowel hemorrhage
Kaposi sarcoma
Lipoma
Lymphogranuloma venereum
Metastasis
Pancreatitis
Pelvic lipomatosis
Radiation fibrosis
Retractile mesenteritis
Sarcoma
Schistosomiasis
Stricture
Strongyloidiasis
Tuberculosis
Typhlitis
Volvulus

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