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Published in: Insights into Imaging 1/2011

Open Access 01-02-2011 | Pictorial Review

CT findings of misleading features of colonic diverticulitis

Authors: Ismahen Ben Yaacoub, Isabelle Boulay-Coletta, Marie Christine Jullès, Marc Zins

Published in: Insights into Imaging | Issue 1/2011

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Abstract

Colonic diverticulitis (CD) is a common entity whose diagnosis is particularly based on computed tomography (CT) examination, which is the imaging technique of choice. However, unusual CT findings of CD may lead to several difficulties and potential pitfalls: due to technical errors in the management of the CT examination, due to the anatomical situation of the diseased colon, in diagnosing unusual complications that may concern the gastrointestinal tract, intra- and retroperitoneal viscera or the abdominal wall, and in differentiating CD from other abdominal inflammatory and infectious conditions or colonic cancer. The aim of this work is to delineate the pitfalls of CT imaging and illustrate misleading CT features in patients with suspected CD.
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Metadata
Title
CT findings of misleading features of colonic diverticulitis
Authors
Ismahen Ben Yaacoub
Isabelle Boulay-Coletta
Marie Christine Jullès
Marc Zins
Publication date
01-02-2011
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Insights into Imaging / Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1869-4101
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13244-010-0051-6

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