[Diverticulitis of the right large bowel (author's transl)]

Perforation in the course of diverticulitis of the right side of the large bowel is a rare disease, which is mostly misinterpreted as appendicitis and generally disregarded in the differential diagnosis of pathological processes of the lower right abdomen. The results of radiological investigations (plane film, barium enema, CT) are demonstrated in two cases and diagnostic findings are discussed. Plane film of the abdomen allows only unspecific diagnosis of an inflammatory process in the right lower quadrant, barium enema reveals changes in the wall of the colon due to abscess formation. CT is also suitable to show those peridiverticular inflammatory changes, which lead to the right diagnosis.