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Right‐sided diverticulitis
Author(s) -
Zimmer Vincent
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.2290
Subject(s) - medicine , diverticulitis , radiology , endoscopy , colonoscopy , appendicitis , general surgery , acute appendicitis , colorectal cancer , cancer
Right‐sided diverticulitis is uncommon in Western populations with few to zero reports on endoscopic correlations. Although ultrasound or imaging studies typically detect advanced forms to be differentiated from acute appendicitis and/or Crohn’s disease, in more subtle presentations with an indication of urgent ileocolonoscopy, endoscopy may reliably establish an unequivocal diagnosis.

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