[Total diverticulosis of the large intestine, complicated by ischemic colitis with development of multiple...

One observation of total colon diverticulosis in a male of 62 is described. Clinical signs (abdominal pains, blood in faeces, vomiting) persisted for 7 years and was aggravated by ileus. Instrumental examination revealed multiple colon diverticula, stenosing villous tumour of sigmoid colon. Besides pseudodiverticula, chronic colitis with multiple inflammatory polyps stenosing the lumen of the sigmoid colon and simulating a villous tumour was found. The conclusion is made of the ischemic nature of the colitis complicating the course of diverticulosis.