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  2. Diverticulitis - Wikipedia

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    Diverticulitis, also called colonic diverticulitis, is a gastrointestinal disease characterized by inflammation of abnormal pouches—diverticula—that can develop in the wall of the large intestine. [1] Symptoms typically include lower abdominal pain of sudden onset, but the onset may also occur over a few days. [1]

  3. Diverticulosis - Wikipedia

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    Diverticular disease can present with painless rectal bleeding as bright red blood per rectum. Diverticular bleeding is the most common cause of acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding. [9] However, it is estimated that 80% of these cases are self-limiting and require no specific therapy. [10]

  4. Hinchey Classification - Wikipedia

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    Hinchey Classification is used to describe perforations of the colon due to diverticulitis. The classification was developed by Dr. E John Hinchey (1934–present), a general surgeon at the Montreal General Hospital and professor of surgery at McGill University. Diverticulosis (the presence of bowel diverticula) is an essentially ubiquitous ...

  5. Segmental colitis associated with diverticulosis - Wikipedia

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    Segmental colitis associated with diverticulosis (SCAD) is a condition characterized by localized inflammation in the colon, which spares the rectum and is associated with multiple sac-like protrusions or pouches in the wall of the colon (diverticulosis).

  6. Diverticular disease - Wikipedia

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    NSAIDs and Aspirin use – these drugs have been shown to increase risk of diverticular bleeding and diverticulitis complications such as diverticular perforation. [ 10 ] Genetics – over 30 susceptibility loci have been identified for diverticular disease, [ 11 ] including ARHGAP15, COLQ , and FAM155A .

  7. Fecalith - Wikipedia

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    A small fecalith is one cause of both appendicitis and acute diverticulitis. Appendicolith as seen on CT. Appendicolith as seen on plain X ray. ... 10.1159/000455186 ...

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  9. Epiploic appendagitis - Wikipedia

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    Epiploic appendagitis presents with an acute onset of pain, commonly in the left lower quadrant the symptoms often lead to a misdiagnosis for diverticulitis. Diverticulitis manifests with evenly distributed lower abdominal pain accompanied with nausea, fever, and leukocytosis. Patients with acute epiploic appendagitis do not normally report a ...