Skip to main content
Insights into Imaging
Fig. 4 | Insights into Imaging

Fig. 4

From: Water enema multidetector CT technique and imaging of diverticulitis and chronic inflammatory bowel diseases

Fig. 4

A 45-year-old male with clinical and laboratory findings indicative of acute diverticulitis. WE-MDCT without bowel preparation shows severe mural thickening of the sigmoid colon (a) with mildly increased density of the perivisceral fat (*) and multiple diverticula, at least one of which shows an enhancing wall consistent with acute inflammation (arrowheads). Perforation and extraintestinal abscesses are excluded, allowing conservative treatment

Back to article page