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Sonographic features of acute colonic diverticulitis

✍ Scribed by Massimo Valentino; Carla Serra; Luca Ansaloni; Giuseppe Mantovani; Pietro Pavlica; Libero Barozzi

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Weight: 475 KB
Volume: 37
Category: Article
ISSN: 0091-2751
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20619

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Abstract

Acute colonic diverticulitis is a common cause of acute abdominal symptoms, especially in elderly patients. Sonography is frequently used as the initial imaging modality because of its ready availability. This pictorial essay aims to provide an overview of the sonographic features of acute colonic diverticulitis and of the more common differential diagnosis. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 2009

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