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Diverticulitis

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 ]

Synonyms
Acute diverticulitis
May Cause
Abdominal lymphadenopathy
Acute nonobstructive small bowel distention
Annular lesion of colon
Bladder filling defect
Cecal lesion
Colitis of ascending colon
Colon wall thickening
Colovesical fistula
Double tracking of barium in the distal colon
Focal bladder wall thickening
Focal bowel wall thickening
Gastrointestinal tract fistula
Gastrointestinal tract thumbprinting
Increased presacral space
Inflammatory bowel disease with wall thickening
Intestinal obstruction in an adult
Mesenteric inflammation
Pelvic fistula
Pericolic abscess
Perineal fistula
Pneumoperitoneum with peritonitis
Rectal disease
Rectovaginal fistula
Segmental narrowing of colon
Sentinel loop
Solitary filling defect in colon
Terminal ileum lesion

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