title: [Complicated diverticular disease of the right colon. Diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties: our experience].
abstract: Right colon diverticulitis is an uncommon disease in Western countries. Often the disease is congenital and the clinical manifestations presenting at onset simulate the signs and symptoms typical of other diseases, such as acute appendicitis, appendicular abscess or caecal carcinoma. Since the diagnosis is usually intraoperative, diverticulectomy is recommended only in particular cases, with no complications resulting from inflammatory reactions. In the other cases, right hemicolectomy or segmental resection are the elective surgical treatments, depending on the patient's clinical condition and on the local anatomical situation. The authors describe 8 cases of complicated right colon diverticulitis, one of which with haemorrhagic complications, observed over the period from January 1999 to March 2003. The rareness and diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties of this disease are emphasised.
authors.affiliation: Unità Operativa di Chirurgia Generale, Ospedale Civile di Vigevano, Azienda Ospedaliera della Provincia di Pavia.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Piccolini
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Francia
authors.forename: Cesare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Battaglia
authors.forename: Ferruccio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Biandrate
authors.forename: Arcangelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pesenti Campagnoni
authors.forename: Umberto
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Pandolfi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D043963:Diverticulosis, Colonic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged