Diverticulosis differential diagnosis
|
Diverticulosis Microchapters |
|
Diagnosis |
|---|
|
Treatment |
|
Case Studies |
|
Diverticulosis differential diagnosis On the Web |
|
American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Diverticulosis differential diagnosis |
|
Risk calculators and risk factors for Diverticulosis differential diagnosis |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Seyedmahdi Pahlavani, M.D.
Overview
It depends on the Pathologic event that causes the symptomatic disease.It may lead to Lower GI Bleeding or diverticulitis.
Diffrenetial Diagnosis
If the 'Bleeding' occurs the differential diagnosis for Lower GI Bleeding should be consider including[1]:
- Anorectal source of bleeding(hemorrhoids, anal fissures, rectal ulcers)
- Neoplasia (polyps and cancers)
- Angiodysplasia
- Postpolypectomy
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Other colitis (infectious, antibiotic associated, colitis of unclear etiology)
- Small bowel/upper GI bleed
The list of differential diagnosis for diverticulitis includes[2]:
- Colonic Ischemia
- Colorectal cancer
- Acute appendicitis
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Infectious colitis
References
- ↑ Strate LL (2005). "Lower GI bleeding: epidemiology and diagnosis". Gastroenterol. Clin. North Am. 34 (4): 643–64. doi:10.1016/j.gtc.2005.08.007. PMID 16303575.
- ↑ Padidar AM, Jeffrey RB, Mindelzun RE, Dolph JF (1994). "Differentiating sigmoid diverticulitis from carcinoma on CT scans: mesenteric inflammation suggests diverticulitis". AJR Am J Roentgenol. 163 (1): 81–3. doi:10.2214/ajr.163.1.8010253. PMID 8010253.