Colonic Diverticulitis: Diagnostic Value and Appearance of Inflamed Diverticula - Echographic Evaluation
Analysis of 67 patients' ultrasound investigation results which were operated in occasion of chronic colonic inflammatory diverticulitis complications was done. In 12 cases postoperative excise specimens were received and analyzed. Ultrasound signs of diverticulitis were: irregularity of colon external contour due to diverticula bulging and presence of lowered echogenicity cellular tissue around them. In chronic paracolonic infiltration the intestinal loops which have soldered among themselves and close located organs, liquid formations between them, and sinus tracts were found. For a colon stenosis the narrowing of a gut on a various extent with wall incrassate due to a muscular layer and suprastenotic dilation were characteristic.