Appendiceal diverticulitis is a rare inflammatory condition of the vermiform appendix, characterised by the presence of discrete diverticular outpouchings that become inflamed. Clinically, it may ...

You have a sharp, escalating pain in your lower abdomen accompanied by a fever and maybe even vomiting. The symptoms are so severe, in fact, that you find yourself in the hospital emergency department ...

Appendicitis was once a lethal disease, in the range of 85% of individuals who also had a perforation. Reducing that case fatality rate to negligible was one of surgery’s first triumphs. Antibiotics ...

American Journal of Roentgenology: IV contrast-enhanced 2-millisievert CT comparable to conventional-dose CT for diagnosis of right colonic diverticulitis Leesburg, VA, April 8, 2021--According to an ...

People with diverticulitis often experience severe and sudden abdominal pain. However, the condition may also cause mild pain that worsens over a few days. Additionally, the intensity of the pain may ...

Mrs. Simpson had her hand over the left lower quadrant of her abdomen as she sat in my exam room describing her problem. “The last couple of days this part of my belly has been so sore my husband ...