Case Sixteen
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Case Summary

Diagnosis:  Diverticulosis


Clinical hints:

A common condition of the elderly in North America. Must rule out carcinoma as the cause of the constipation. Seen increasingly in "younger" patients.


Radiological Pearls:
  • typical multiple diverticuli
     
  • commonest in the left colon
     
  • often colonic spasm present
     
  • ** look for & exclude carcinoma


Films were kindly provided by Dr. A. Zalev.

 

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