Small Bowel Diverticulitis: an Imaging Review of an Uncommon Entity

Overview

Journal Emerg Radiol

Specialties Emergency Medicine
Radiology

Date 2016 Nov 6

PMID 27815648

Citations 19

Authors

Darren L Transue

Tarek N Hanna

Haris Shekhani

Saurabh Rohatgi

Faisal Khosa

Jamlik-Omari Johnson

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Abstract

In this review, we discuss the clinical and radiologic findings of small bowel diverticulosis, which is infrequently encountered during practice and far less common than colonic diverticulosis. Small bowel diverticulosis can present with a range of emergent symptomatic complications including diverticulitis, perforation, or hemorrhage. Here, we focus on the clinical features, pathogenesis, radiologic findings, and treatment of small bowel diverticulitis. Although not routinely considered in the differential diagnosis of an acute abdomen, prospective radiologic diagnosis of small bowel diverticulitis is important and can lead to conservative treatment thus preventing unnecessary exploratory laparotomy.

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