title: Calcifying bowel inflammation: a case report.
abstract: We report about a previously healthy 72-year-old woman, presented with 6 days of left lower quadrant abdominal pain and constipation. There was no report of fever, melena, hematochezia or change in appetite. The physical exam demonstrated a distended abdomen with palpable left lower quadrant pain, without guarding. CT showed images compatible with a sigmoid diverticulitis and a calcification of the sigmoid colon. After antibiotic threatment, a colonoscopy was performed which revealed the presence of a shell in the sigmoid colon. Our case illustrates the need for a colonoscopy following an attack of diverticulitis to look for a cancer or rarely a foreign body.
authors.affiliation: Abdominal Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Hospitals of Geneva, rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, 1211 Genève 14, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morel
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Toso