caa a22 4500 477079547 CHVBK 20180405111446.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19961101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01548186 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01548186 Colonic diverticulitis in young patients [Elektronische Daten] [Daniel Alterman, Jay Hochsztein, Helen Morehouse, David Green] The purpose of this study was to evaluate the radiographic and clinical findings in patients age 40 years or younger with colonic diverticulitis. Radiographs and clinical records of 18 patients over a 7-year period were reviewed. The initial diagnosis was made with computed tomography in 16 patients and with barium enema in 2 patients. There were 15 men and 3 women with a mean age of 33 years (range=25-40 years); all of the women were older than 35 years. Seventeen patients had leftsided diverticulitis. and one patient had right-sided diverticulitis. All patients presented with abdominal pain, and 16 patients had both fever and leukocytosis. Seven patients had abscesses on computed tomography; six of these were less than 2 cm in diameter. There was no case of bowel obstruction or fistula. Five patients underwent laparotomy and bowel resection within 2 months of initial diagnosis. Fourteen of 16 patients who underwent computed tomography had more than average amounts of subcutaneous fat and intra-abdominal fat. Although uncommon, diverticulitis in young patients can occur. Most of our patients were obese men. These patients had similar findings and underwent surgery at a similar rate when compared to older patients. American Society of Emergency Radiology, 1996 Colonic diverticulitis nationallicence Acute abdomen nationallicence CT of diverticulitis nationallicence CT of acute abdomen nationallicence Alterman Daniel Department of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pelham Parkway and Eastchester Road, 10461, Bronx, New York aut Hochsztein Jay Department of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pelham Parkway and Eastchester Road, 10461, Bronx, New York aut Morehouse Helen Department of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pelham Parkway and Eastchester Road, 10461, Bronx, New York aut Green David Department of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pelham Parkway and Eastchester Road, 10461, Bronx, New York aut Emergency Radiology Springer-Verlag 3/6(1996-11-01), 289-292 1070-3004 3:6<289 1996 3 10140 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01548186 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01548186 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Alterman Daniel Department of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pelham Parkway and Eastchester Road, 10461, Bronx, New York aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hochsztein Jay Department of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pelham Parkway and Eastchester Road, 10461, Bronx, New York aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Morehouse Helen Department of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pelham Parkway and Eastchester Road, 10461, Bronx, New York aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Green David Department of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pelham Parkway and Eastchester Road, 10461, Bronx, New York aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Emergency Radiology Springer-Verlag 3/6(1996-11-01), 289-292 1070-3004 3:6<289 1996 3 10140 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer