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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Seyedmahdi Pahlavani, M.D.

Overview

CT-scan with contrast is of particular importance for diverticular disease diagnosis.

CT

  • CT scan may be diagnostic of diverticulosis.
  • On contrast imaging of the gastrointestinal tract, bowel diverticula appear as globular outpouchings, as shown in the image below.[1]


Arrowheads point to multiple diverticula arising from the rectosigmoid region of the colon

References

  1. Vernava AM, Moore BA, Longo WE, Johnson FE (1997). "Lower gastrointestinal bleeding". Dis. Colon Rectum. 40 (7): 846–58. PMID 9221865.

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