Author/Editor     Niyyati, Mahtab; Varga, Gyula; Moro, Zsuzsanna
Title     Sigmoid diverticulitis: a case report
Translated title     Sigmoidni diverticulitis: prikaz primera
Type     članek
Source     Radiol Oncol
Vol. and No.     Letnik 35, št. 2
Publication year     2001
Volume     str. 89-93
Language     eng
Abstract     Background. Diverticulitis could be a challenging diagnosis in a patient presenting with acute abdomen. Case report. Our case presents a patient with acute abdomen in whom an abdominal ultrasound examination showed a mass with internal reflexes continued to the sigmoid colon and a diagnosis of diverticulitis was suspected. Later abdominal helical CT proved it to be diverticulitis. Conclusion. The case emphasises the importance of ultrasound as a first line imaging modality for detecting bowel pathology.
Summary     Izhodišča. Eden od vzrokov akutnega abdomna je diverticulitis, ki ga je včasih težko prepoznati. Prikaz primera. Predstavljamo primer bolnice z akutnim abdomnom. Ultrazvočna preiskava je pokazala mase z notranjimi odboji, ki so se širili k sigmoidnemu delu debelega črevesa. Sumili smo, da ima bolnica diverticulitis. Kasneje smo diagnozo potrdili s CT preiskavo. Zaključki. Opisan primer poudarja pomembnost ultrazvočne preiskave, ki predstavlja začetno metodo pri ugotavljanju črevesne patologije.
Descriptors     SIGMOID DISEASES
DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC
DIVERTICULOSIS, COLONIC
MIDDLE AGE
COLONOSCOPY
TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED