Sigmoid diverticulitis : A case report

Abstract

Background. Diverticulitis could be a challenging diagnosis in a patient presenting with acute abdomen.

Case report. Our case presents a patient with acute abdomen in whom an abdominal ultrasound examination showed a mass with internal reflexes continued to the sigmoid colon and a diagnosis of diverticulitis was suspected. Later abdominal helical CT proved it to be diverticulitis.

Conclusions. The case emphasises the importance of ultrasound as a first line imaging modality for detecting bowel pathology.