Diverticulosis differential diagnosis
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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
Diverticulosis must be differentiated from other diseases that cause dull abdominal pain, such as other diverticular diseases (diverticulitis and diverticular bleed), as well as other GI diseases, such as acute pancreatitis, colon cancer, colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, bowel obstruction, volvulus, and appendicitis.
Differential Diagnosis
Differential diagnosis of diverticulosis includes the following:[1]
- Diverticulitis
- Diverticular bleed
- Perforation / rupture
- Acute pancreatitis
- Intra-abdominal abscess
- Colon cancer and polyps
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Pseudomembranous colitis and other infectious colitis
- Ischemic colitis
- Appendicitis
- Bowel obstruction
- Volvulus
- Anal fissure
- Hemorrhoids
- Angiodysplasia
- Post-polypectomy
- GI bleed
- Ulcers (gastric or colonic)
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.