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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 scan findings

• 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.
  

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