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 |