Sonographic features of acute colonic diverticulitis.
Acute colonic diverticulitis is a common cause of acute abdominal symptoms, especially in elderly patients. Sonography is frequently used as the initial imaging modality because of its ready availability. This pictorial essay aims to provide an overview of the sonographic features of acute colonic diverticulitis and of the more common differential diagnosis.
Valentino
Massimo
M
Urgency/Emergency, General Surgery and Transplantation Department, Radiology Unit, S. Orsola-Malpighi, University Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
Serra
Carla
C
Ansaloni
Luca
L
Mantovani
Giuseppe
G
Pavlica
Pietro
P
Barozzi
Libero
L
D000208:Acute Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004239:Diverticulitis, Colonic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods*