Right-Sided Diverticulitis and Diverticulosis
| Autor: | Leon T. LeWald |
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| Rok vydání: | 1925 |
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| Zdroj: | Radiology. 4:43-48 |
| ISSN: | 1527-1315 0033-8419 |
| DOI: | 10.1148/4.1.43 |
| Popis: | WHEN the term “diverticulitis” is used one almost invariably thinks of a left-sided lesion of the colon. While diverticulitis is more commonly encountered on the left side, we wish to emphasize the fact that the condition is by no means confined to the descending colon and sigmoid. Having recently encountered a number of cases in which severe lesions, including perforation of the colon, complicated diverticulitis of the right side, the importance of its recognition has been impressed upon the writer. Numerous articles have been written on the subject of diverticulitis that neglected to mention the possibility of its occurring on the right side. Dr. John F. Erdmann2, however, in 1918 reported twenty-seven cases, one of which was in the ascending colon, the remainder being in the sigmoid. It is well to make a distinction between the mere presence of diverticula and “diverticulitis,” the term “diverticulqsis” being applied to the former condition. The term “diverticulitis” should be used only when there is a... |
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