title: Rectal diverticulitis mimicking rectal carcinoma with intestinal obstruction: case report.
abstract: Although diverticular disease of the colon is common, the occurrence of rectal diverticula is extremely rare with only sporadic reports in the literature since 1911. Symptomatic rectal diverticula are seen even less frequently, and surgical intervention is needed for only complicated cases. Here we report the case of a 63-year-old woman presenting with rectal diverticulitis mimicking rectal carcinoma with intestinal obstruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey. dr_umit_ozcelik@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Ümit
authors.initials: Ü
authors.lastname: Özçelik
authors.forename: Hüseyin Yüce
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Bircan
authors.forename: Eryiğit
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eren
authors.forename: Ebru
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Demiralay
authors.forename: İclal
authors.initials: İ
authors.lastname: Işıklar
authors.forename: Alp
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Demirağ
authors.forename: Gökhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moray
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004238:Diverticulitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*