A consecutive series of 35 patients (mean age 44 years) with right sided diverticulitis seen at this hospital is presented. All had localised pain in the right iliac fossa but systemic upset was ...

Acute diverticulitis of the appendix (ADA), though uncommon ... We report the case of a male patient in his 50s with acute right iliac fossa abdominal pain, diagnosed via CT scan with ADA. Urgent ...

But when the problem is caused by diverticulitis, the pain can differ from other aches you’ve had before. To understand diverticulitis, you must first understand what’s going on inside your ...

Nagging abdominal pain and a new bout of constipation? You might be dealing with diverticulitis, a condition that occurs when small pouches form in the colon and become inflamed or infected.

At the age of 70, 70 percent of the population will have diverticulosis. However, this doesn’t mean that all of these patients will ever experience diverticulitis. So, what’s the difference, and how ...

The most common symptom of diverticulitis is abdominal pain, usually on the left side. You may also have fever, nausea, vomiting, chills, cramping and constipation. Diverticula can develop when ...

Introduction Patients presenting with right iliac fossa (RIF) pain are a common challenge for acute general surgical services. Given the range of potential pathologies, RIF pain creates diagnostic ...