Diverticulitis ultrasound

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Elsaiey, MBBCH [2]

Overview

Meckel diverticula are usually seen as tubular incompressible blind ending hypoechoic structure with irregular margins. Occasionally it may also be seen as a cyst, raising a different differential diagnosis of intestinal duplication which however is said to have regular margin.

Ultrasound

Ultrasonography in diverticulitis patients show the following:

• Abscess formation and gas bubbles may appear.
• Presence of diverticula
• Inflammatory reaction within the diverticulum
• Thickening of the colon segments