title: CT findings of misleading features of colonic diverticulitis.
abstract: Colonic diverticulitis (CD) is a common entity whose diagnosis is particularly based on computed tomography (CT) examination, which is the imaging technique of choice. However, unusual CT findings of CD may lead to several difficulties and potential pitfalls: due to technical errors in the management of the CT examination, due to the anatomical situation of the diseased colon, in diagnosing unusual complications that may concern the gastrointestinal tract, intra- and retroperitoneal viscera or the abdominal wall, and in differentiating CD from other abdominal inflammatory and infectious conditions or colonic cancer. The aim of this work is to delineate the pitfalls of CT imaging and illustrate misleading CT features in patients with suspected CD.
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint Joseph, 185 rue Raymond Losserand, 75674 Paris Cedex 14, France.
authors.forename: Ismahen
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ben Yaacoub
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Boulay-Coletta
authors.forename: Marie Christine
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Jullès
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zins