Diverticulitis
Diagnosis certain
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Why is it essential to make the right diagnosis of diverticulitis?
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Diverticulitis is essentially a benign and primarily non surgical disease that needs to be distinguished from colonic malignancy.
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Is CT reliable distinguisher of inflammation from malignancy?
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Unfortunately there is significant overlap between features of inflammation and colonic malignancy, however a diverticulosis with fat stranding and preserved mural enhancement favors diverticulitis rather than malignancy.
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