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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2],Seyedmahdi Pahlavani, M.D. [3], Omodamola Aje B.Sc, M.D. [4], Ahmed Elsaiey, MBBCH [5]
Overview
Diverticulitis must be differentiated from other diseases that cause lower abdominal pain and fever like appendicitis, inflammatory bowel disease, colon cancer, cystitis, and endometritis. Diverticulitis must be also differentiated from diseases causing peritonitis.
Differentiating Diverticulitis from other Diseases
Diverticulitis must be differentiated from other diseases that cause lower abdominal pain and fever. Diverticulitis must be also differentiated from diseases causing peritonitis.
Differentiating diverticulitis from diseases causing lower abdominal pain and fever
Diverticulitis must be differentiated from other diseases that cause lower abdominal pain and fever like appendicitis, inflammatory bowel disease, colon cancer, cystitis, and endometritis.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
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Abdominal pain | Bowel habits | Rebound tenderness | Guarding | Genitourinary signs | Lab findings | Imaging | |||
GI diseases | Diverticulitis | LLQ | Constipation
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Appendicitis | LLQ / RRQ | Constipation | + | + | - |
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Inflammatory bowel disease | LLQ | Bloody diarrhea | - | - | - |
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Colon carcinoma | LLQ | Constipation | - | - | - |
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Strangulated hernia | LLQ | - | - | - | - |
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Gentiourinary diseases | Cystitis | LLQ | - | + | - |
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Prostatitis | LLQ
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Pelvic inflammatory disease | Bilateral | - | + | - |
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Gynecological diseases | Endometritis | LLQ | - | + | - | + |
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Salpingitis | LLQ/ RLQ | +/- | +/- |
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Differentiating diverticulitis from diseases causing peritonitis
The table below summarizes the findings that differentiate inflammatory causes of chronic diarrhea[7][8][9][10][10]
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