[Ultrasound study in colonic diverticular microperforation]
Abstract:
This paper deals with the results of ultrasound (US) study in 34 patients with a history of colonic diverticulosis, who have been admitted to hospital for the clinical manifestations of diverticular microperforation. Diverticulosis was verified by X-ray irrigoscopy in 15 patients, by oral contrast-enhanced computed tomography in 6, and by colonoscopy in 18. Analysis of US findings revealed the major US syndromes of colonic diverticular microperforation, namely a change in the intestinal wall as its thickening and lower echogenicity, as well as perifocal infiltration and local accumulation of free fluid outside the altered bowel.
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