Diverticulitis of gastrointestinal tract

Diverticulitis of the gastrointestinal tract is an inflammatory condition characterized by the inflammation or infection of one or more diverticula—small, mucosal outpouchings herniating through defects in the muscular layer of the digestive tract Although diverticula can form throughout the alimentary canal, the condition most frequently involves the large intestine, particularly the sigmoid colon, in older adults and populations in industrialized regions

Diverticulitis of the gastrointestinal tract is an inflammatory condition characterized by the inflammation or infection of one or more diverticula—small, mucosal outpouchings herniating through defects in the muscular layer of the digestive tract Although diverticula can form throughout the alimentary canal, the condition most frequently involves the large intestine, particularly the sigmoid colon, in older adults and populations in industrialized regions Presentations range from uncomplicated,...

Although diverticula can form throughout the alimentary canal, the condition most frequently involves the large intestine, particularly the sigmoid colon, in older adults and populations in industrialized regions Pathophysiologically driven by luminal obstruction, elevated intraluminal pressure, focal ischemia, and micro- or macroperforation of the diverticular wall, it typically manifests with persistent lower abdominal pain, localized tenderness, fever, and leukocytosis

Pathophysiologically driven by luminal obstruction, elevated intraluminal pressure, focal ischemia, and micro- or macroperforation of the diverticular wall, it typically manifests with persistent lower abdominal pain, localized tenderness, fever, and leukocytosis

Pathophysiologically driven by luminal obstruction, elevated intraluminal pressure, focal ischemia, and micro- or macroperforation of the diverticular wall, it typically manifests with persistent lower abdominal pain, localized tenderness, fever, and leukocytosis

Presentations range from uncomplicated, localized phlegmonous inflammation to complicated disease accompanied by pericolic abscess, fistula formation, bowel obstruction, or free peritoneal perforation