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*Diverticulitis. | *Diverticulitis. | ||
*Diverticular-associated colitis<ref name=pmid19581849>{{Cite journal | last1 = Mulhall | first1 = AM. | last2 = Mahid | first2 = SS. | last3 = Petras | first3 = RE. | last4 = Galandiuk | first4 = S. | title = Diverticular disease associated with inflammatory bowel disease-like colitis: a systematic review. | journal = Dis Colon Rectum | volume = 52 | issue = 6 | pages = 1072-9 | month = Jun | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1007/DCR.0b013e31819ef79a | PMID = 19581849 }}</ref> - | *Peformation - [[peritonitis]]. | ||
**Rectal biopsy to differentiate from [[ulcerative colitis]]. | *Diverticular-associated colitis - see below. | ||
===Diverticular-associated colitis=== | |||
Features:<ref name=pmid19581849>{{Cite journal | last1 = Mulhall | first1 = AM. | last2 = Mahid | first2 = SS. | last3 = Petras | first3 = RE. | last4 = Galandiuk | first4 = S. | title = Diverticular disease associated with inflammatory bowel disease-like colitis: a systematic review. | journal = Dis Colon Rectum | volume = 52 | issue = 6 | pages = 1072-9 | month = Jun | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1007/DCR.0b013e31819ef79a | PMID = 19581849 }}</ref> | |||
*Rare. | |||
*Definitions vary somewhat - one is: ''IBD-like inflammation restricted to areas with diverticular disease''. | |||
*Considerable overlap with IBD histologically (no definite histologic findings). | |||
*Rectal biopsy may be used to differentiate from [[ulcerative colitis]]. | |||
==Gross== | ==Gross== |
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