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Diverticulitis ultrasound
Introduction
Overview
Overview
On abdominal ultrasonography, diverticulitis is characterized by abscess formation, hypoechoic pericolic fat, the presence of diverticula, and thickening of the colon segments. Extra diverticular exudates and fluids can be also observed. [1]
Ultrasound
Ultrasound
Ultrasonography in diverticulitis patients shows the following:[2][3]
- Abscess formation
- Hypoechoic pericolic fat
- Presence of diverticula
- Inflammatory reaction within the diverticulum
- Thickening of the colon segments
- Extradiverticular exudates and fluids
References
References
- ↑ Laméris W, van Randen A, Bipat S, Bossuyt PM, Boermeester MA, Stoker J. Graded compression ultrasonography and computed tomography in acute colonic diverticulitis: meta-analysis of test accuracy. Eur Radiol. 2008 Nov;18(11):2498-511. doi: 10.1007/s00330-008-1018-6. Epub 2008 Jun 4. PMID: 18523784.
- ↑ McKee RF, Deignan RW, Krukowski ZH (1993). “Radiological investigation in acute diverticulitis”. Br J Surg. 80 (5): 560–5. PMID 8518890.
- ↑ Laméris W, van Randen A, Bipat S, Bossuyt PM, Boermeester MA, Stoker J (2008). “Graded compression ultrasonography and computed tomography in acute colonic diverticulitis: meta-analysis of test accuracy”. Eur Radiol. 18 (11): 2498–511. doi:10.1007/s00330-008-1018-6. PMID 18523784.
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