title: The Current Role of Radiologic and Endoscopic Imaging in the Diagnosis and Follow-Up of Colonic Diverticular Disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Colonic diverticular disease is among the most prevalent conditions in Western society and is a common cause for outpatient visits and hospitalizations. The role of imaging is in evolution, but it has proven useful in confirming clinically suspected disease, assessing severity and complications, and directing patient management.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This review focuses on the current role of radiologic and endoscopic imaging in distinct clinical scenarios of diverticular disease, with emphasis on diverticulitis and its follow-up.
authors.affiliation: 1 Unità Operativa di Radiologia Diagnostica e Interventistica, Azienda Ospedaliera San Paolo, Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via di Rudinì 8, 20142 Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Flor
authors.affiliation: 2 Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, L. Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maconi
authors.affiliation: 1 Unità Operativa di Radiologia Diagnostica e Interventistica, Azienda Ospedaliera San Paolo, Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via di Rudinì 8, 20142 Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Gianpaolo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cornalba
authors.affiliation: 3 Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Clinical Science Center, Madison, WI.
authors.forename: Perry J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Pickhardt
mesh_terms: D003113:Colonoscopy; D003287:Contrast Media; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004239:Diverticulitis, Colonic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media
keywords: CT colonography; abdominal CT; acute diverticulitis; colonoscopy; diverticular disease