Medical Definition of Colonic diverticulitis

1. Perforation of diverticulum with intramural/localised paracolic abscess, incidence: 20-25% of diverticular disease, pneumoperitoneum rare CT findings: inflammation of pericolonic fat (98%), diverticula (84%), bowel wall thickening of 4-12 mm (70%), abscess (47%), fluid with or without air of peritonitis (16%); fistula (14%); obstruction (12%); intramural sinus tract (9%); ureteral obstruction (7%) extraluminal contrast with BE: double tracking: longitudinal sinus tract (Crohn disease: longer segments of greater than 10 cm), abscess; fistula see: diverticular disease of colon (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Colonic Diverticulitis

coloniality
colonialization
colonializations
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colonialness
colonialnesses
colonials
colonic
colonic angiodysplasia
colonic diverticula
colonic diverticular haemorrhage
colonic diverticulitis (current term)
colonic diverticulosis
colonic fistula
colonic flora
colonic irrigation
colonic polyp
colonic pseudo-obstruction
colonic smear
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colonics
colonies
colonisation
colonisation factors
colonisations
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