Diverticulitis right-sided

Although 85% of cases of diverticulitis occur in the sigmoid and descending colon, diverticula may be found throughout the colon. Right-sided diver-... 

Fig. 3.9. Right-sided diverticulitis. An echogenic diverticulum with surrounding hyperechogenic fat is visualised...

Right-sided diverticulitis occurs in only 1.5% of patients in Western countries but is more common in Asians and tends to affect younger patients (Fig. 17.15) [49]. Diverticulitis of small intestine or transverse colon is rare [50]. 

Fig. 17.15a,b. Right-sided diverticulitis. Trans-axial CT scans at the level of the pelvic crest at the initial presentation (a) and after 3 weeks (b). In a 33-year-old woman who presented with acute right quadrant pain and laboratory signs of inflammation, a diffuse inflammatory process (arrow) in the pericecal region is demonstrated. It was diagnosed as acute retrocecal appendicitis (a). At surgery, there was no evidence of inflammatory changes of the appendix. The follow-up 3 weeks later demonstrated complete resolution of the inflammatory reaction and revealed several diverticula (arrow) of the cecum (b)... 

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