دیورتیکولیت

Also known as Diverticulitis (disorder), Diverticulitis (morphologic abnormality), Diverticulitis NOS, Diverticulitis NOS (disorder), Diverticulitis unspecified (disorder), digestive tract diverticulum inflammation, digestive tract diverticulumitis, colonic diverticulitis

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Key facts

Medical condition.caption: Section of the large bowel (sigmoid colon) showing multiple pouches (diverticula). The diverticula appear on either side of the longitudinal muscle bundle (taenium), which runs horizontally across the specimen in an arc.
Medical condition.field: General surgery
Medical condition.symptoms: Abdominal pain, fever, nausea, diarrhea, constipation, blood in the stool
Medical condition.complications: Abscess, fistula, bowel perforation
Medical condition.onset: Sudden, age > 50
Medical condition.causes: Uncertain
Medical condition.risks: Obesity, lack of exercise, smoking, family history, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Medical condition.diagnosis: Blood tests, CT scan, colonoscopy, lower gastrointestinal series
Medical condition.differential: Irritable bowel syndrome
Medical condition.prevention: Mesalazine, rifaximin
Medical condition.treatment: Antibiotics, liquid diet, hospital admission
Medical condition.frequency: 3.3% (developed world)
Medical condition.name: Diverticulitis
Medical condition.synonyms: Colonic diverticulitis
Medical condition.image: Diverticula, sigmoid colon.jpg