Solitary diverticulae of the cecum or ascending colon are rare clinical entities. Diverticulitis can occur with these lesions, but the diagnosis is frequently missed as the presentation is similar to that of acute appendicitis and can mimic other acute intraabdominal infections such as cholecystitis. Treatment of this condition is similar to that of left-sided diverticulitis. We report a case o...

Diverticulosis is a common disorder among geriatric patients, of whom 10% to 25% go on to develop diverticulitis. Known complications of diverticulitis include formation of phlegmon, fistula, bowel obstruction, bleeding, perforation, and colonic abscess. A less common complication is perforation with formation of an extra-abdominal necrotizing abscess. This case is a report of an 83-year-old fe...

We describe a rare case of terminal ileal diverticulitis in a 68-year-old female with a day of history of right lower quadrant pain and tenderness, mimicking acute appendicitis. Ultrasonography revealed small sac-like out-pouching lesions with increased echogenicity of surrounding fat in thickened terminal ileum, suggesting inflamed diverticula. We diagnosed terminal ileal diverticulitis primar...

We propose using canonical correlation analysis (CCA) to generate features from sequences of medical billing codes. Applying this novel use of CCA to a database of medical billing codes for patients with diverticulitis, we first demonstrate that the CCA embeddings capture meaningful relationships among the codes. We then generate features from these embeddings and establish their usefulness in ...

Diverticular disease is common, with a frequency that increases with age. Most patients with diverticulosis do not develop symptoms, though a number will develop inflammation or diverticulitis. This inflammation may develop into an abscess or free perforation. Whilst the prevalence of perforation has increased from 2.4 per 100 000 in 1986 to 3.8 per 100 000 in 2000 according to one study [1], t...

Introduction: Perforated diverticulitis, with fistula formation between the colon and inferior mesenteric vein, is a cause of portal venous gas. In contrast to more common causes of portal venous air, such as mesenteric ischemia and gangrene, the prognosis is much better for patients with perforated diverticulitis. However, the diagnosis can be difficult to make, given the wide range of nonspec...