|
| |
| | Diverticulitis and Diverticulosis AHealthyMe.com |
 | | The prognosis for people with diverticula is excellent, with only 20% of such patients ever seeking any medical help for their condition. | | | Diverticula tend to occur most frequently in the last segment of the large intestine, the sigmoid colon. | | | Many diverticula are quite accidentally discovered during examinations for other conditions of the intestinal tract. |
|
http://www.ahealthyme.com/topic/diverticulitis
|
|
| |
| | healthyNJ--Information for Healthy Living--Diverticular Disease |
| | Diverticula may develop anywhere in the large intestine, but they are more common in the sigmoid colon, which is the last part of the large intestine just before the rectum. | | | If diverticula become inflamed, the condition is called diverticulitis. | | | Once inflammation has subsided or infection has been treated, a doctor may perform a colonoscopy (an examination of the large intestine using a flexible viewing tube) or a barium enema x-ray study. |
|
http://www.healthynj.org/dis-con/divertic/main.htm
|
|
| |
| | THE MERCK MANUAL, Sec. 3, Ch. 33, Diverticular Disease |
| | Complications of small-bowel diverticula are similar to those of diverticula elsewhere in the bowel and include diverticulitis, hemorrhage, and obstruction. | | | As with other complications of diverticula, treatment involves surgical removal of the involved intestinal segment. | | | Symptoms include vague epigastric pain or periumbilical pain, bloating, and early satiety; the characteristic sign is the triad of anemia, epigastric distress, and air fluid levels on plain abdominal x-ray. |
|
http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section3/chapter33/33e.htm
|
|
| |
| | Medbroadcast Condition Info |
| | Diverticulosis is the condition of having one or more diverticula. | | | You may first learn that you have diverticula when you're seeing the doctor about something else. | | | Unlike bleeding diverticula, inflamed and infected diverticula can become extremely painful. |
|
http://www.medbroadcast.com/condition_info_details_pf.asp?disease_id=155
|
|
| |
| | Bioline International Official Site (site up-dated regularly) |
| | The pain caused by the diverticula in the third part of the duodenum is situated near the mid line where as that caused by the pressure upon the pancreas may be situated to the left. | | | Majority of secondary or false diverticula are result of chronic duodenal ulceration, so called prestenotic diverticulum where as primary are true diverticula. | | | With modern radiological techniques and widespread use of endoscope it has been found that these diverticula occur more frequently than was formely supposed. |
|
http://www.bioline.org.br/request?is04035
|
|
| |
| | eMedicine - Urethral Diverticula : Article by Jong M Choe, MD, FACS |
| | Medical therapy: Surgery is the current treatment of choice for urethral diverticula. | | | True incidence is unknown because many urethral diverticula are clinically asymptomatic. | | | The study should be performed under fluoroscopic control with the patient sitting or standing in an oblique position. |
|
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2878.htm
|
|
| |
| | eMedicine - Esophageal Diverticula : Article by Rodney A Perez, MD |
| | Regurgitation and aspiration may be related to large mid esophageal and epiphrenic diverticula; however, in patients with achalasia, regurgitation and aspiration are more likely to be related to poor esophageal emptying from the underlying motility disturbance (eg, hypertensive lower esophageal sphincter that fails to relax, absence of esophageal body peristalsis). | | | Congenital diverticula are diverticula that are present at birth, while acquired diverticula develop later in life. | | | For instance, some diverticula in the mid esophagus are congenital in origin; others are of the traction variety. |
|
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic736.htm
|
|
| |
| | The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology |
| | Independent of location or size, surgical therapy of diverticula of the esophagus has a success rate of more than 90% ( 16). | | | Although it was initially suggested, today there is no certain evidence that hiatus hernia has an etiological relationship with esophagus diverticula ( 14). | | | The patient underwent a successful abdominal approach diverticulectomy operation and the postoperative course was uncomplicated. |
|
http://www.turkgastro.org/text.php?id=330
|
|
| |
| | Dr. Koop - Duodenal Diverticula- Health Encyclopedia and Reference |
| | Duodenal diverticula are acquired outpouchings of the mucosa and submucosa, 90 percent of which are on the medial aspect of the duodenum. | | | To find more information on specific conditions, please visit our partner sites: | | | There is a high incidence of gallstone disease of the gallbladder in patients with juxtapapillary diverticula. |
|
http://www.drkoop.com/encyclopedia/93/387/Duodenal_Diverticula.html
|
|
| |
| | CORE Diverticulitis and Diverticular Disease |
| | Diverticula are usually discovered when a problem such as rectal bleeding or abdominal pain is being investigated by X-ray (barium enema) or endoscopy (sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy). | | | If diverticula are found during tests for another problem, for example rectal bleeding due to piles, no specific treatment is indicated. | | | Surgical treatment for relief of pain due to diverticular disease, in the absence of infection or inflammation, is advised reluctantly because the result of operation is uncertain and some sufferers are helped only slightly or the symptoms come back after an interval. |
|
http://www.corecharity.org.uk/Default.aspx?docname=doc_diverticular
|
|
| |
| | Diverticula Diverticulosis Diverticulitis |
| | The muscle layer along the site of left colon diverticula is commonly thickened, lending credibility to the notion of high intracolonic pressure. | | | It is hard to imagine how one could be aware of a few outpouchings in the large intestine. | | | The myth that abdominal pain may be caused by diverticular disease is explained by coexisting painful conditions such as the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which are themselves benign. |
|
http://www.aboutibs.org/Publications/diverticula.html
|
|
| |
| | Diverticulosis |
| | A better understanding of the way diverticula form and become infected will hopefully lead to discovery of more effective ways to manage these common conditions. | | | Over time, vigorous contractions in the colon push the inner intestinal lining outwards (herniates) through cracks in the muscle walls. | | | A patient with diverticulosis may have few or no symptoms. |
|
http://www.axiomllc.com/weekly_topic020520.html
|
|
| |
| | Disease Profile for Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis |
| | Acute diverticulitis that results in surgical treatment is staged by a classification developed by E. Hinchey. | | | In those who require surgical exploration to stop the bleeding, if the source of the bleeding is found, those patients will only have about a 4% recurrence of bleeding from diverticula. | | | Most patients with diverticula never develop diverticulitis, therefore treatment is conservative with diet and does not include surgery. |
|
http://www.wdxcyber.com/dxppn015.htm
|
|
| |
| | Colon diverticula |
| | While the patient is deep alseep and pain free (general anesthesia), an incision is made in the midline of the abdomen. | | | The information provided should not be used during any medical emergency or for the diagnosis or treatment of any medical condition. | | | However, in a small percentage of patients, diverticula can cause problems. |
|
http://stlukes-stl.com/sp_en/100158.html
|
|
| |
| | Acquired diverticula |
| | Is cricopharyngeal myotomy alone effective in the management of small pharyngoesophageal diverticula ? | | | How should we treat a diverticulum associated with reflux ? | | | Aren't disorders of motility observed whatever the etiology of these diverticula ? |
|
http://www.hon.ch/OESO/Vol_4_Prim_Motility/411_Acquired.html
|
|
| |
| | Causes, Symptoms and Diagnosis of Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis |
| | The condition of having diverticula is called diverticulosis. | | | Bleeding can be severe, but it may stop by itself and not require treatment. | | | These complications always require treatment to prevent them from progressing and causing serious illness. |
|
http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/930605239.html
|
|
| |
| | AR Online » CT & CTA » Chest » Right paratracheal air cyst/tracheal diverticulum |
| | Inflammatory changes around the diverticula may also be appreciated. | | | Treatment options in tracheal diverticula include surgical resection in young patients and conservative symptomatic medical treatment with antibiotics, mucolytics, and physiotherapy in elderly and debilitated patients. | | | Therefore, tracheal diverticula may present clinically with chronic cough, dyspnea, stridor, and repeated episodes of tracheobronchitis. |
|
http://www.appliedradiology.com/case/case.asp?Id=410&IssueID=114&CatID=43&SubCatID=102&ThreadID=&Quiz=
|
|
| |
| | Virtual Hospital: GI Atlas: Gastrointestinal Imaging: Radiological Imaging: Diverticula |
| | Distal pulsion diverticula are generally associated with obstruction of the bolus flow, such as stricture formation ( figure 40) or achalasia ( figure 41). | | | Based on the presumed mechanism leading to their formation, esophageal diverticula are differentiated into the proximal (Zenker) and distal (epiphrenic) diverticula, which are pulsion diverticula, and the mid-esophageal traction diverticula. | | | Traction diverticula are typically incidental findings, in areas such as the Midwest of the United States often residuals of prior histoplasmosis ( figure 42). |
|
http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/internalmedicine/GIAtlas/giimaging/radiologicalimaging/diverticula.html
|
|
| |
| | Surgery Door - Medical Conditions |
| | Other more serious conditions such as bowel cancer need to be ruled out.) | | | About 1 in 10 people with diverticula develop a bout of diverticulitis at some stage. | | | Symptoms of diverticular disease are similar to those that occur with a different condition called irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). |
|
http://www.surgerydoor.co.uk/medcons/detail.asp?Recno=23068723
|
|
| |
| | ► Diverticulitis |
| | Small protruding sacs of the inner lining of the intestine (diverticulosis) can develop in any part of the intestine. | | | It affects 10% to 20% of those with diverticula at some time. | | | When they become inflamed, the condition is known as diverticulitis. |
|
http://www.umm.edu/ency/article/000257.htm
|
|
| |
| | Il trattamento endoscopico dei diverticoli vescicali - Endoscopic treatment of bladder diverticula |
| | In our experience endoscopic diverticulectomy has proved to be an effective technique with total disappearance of diverticula and residual urine. | | | From 1992 to 1997 we performed endoscopic diverticulectomy on 12 male patients aged between 20 and 76 years, with bladder acquired diverticula. | | | Il trattamento endoscopico dei diverticoli vescicali - Endoscopic treatment of bladder diverticula |
|
http://www.rivistaurologia.net/sup_97/articolo_30.htm
|
|
| |
| | urethral diverticulum |
| | I have a few questions regarding my condition. | | | I've been diagnosed with urethral diverticula and have been told to have surgery. | | | In many cases, a person may have more than one diverticula. |
|
http://www.seekwellness.com/incontinence/urethraldiv.htm
|
|
| |
| | SURGICAL PROCEDURES FOR URETHRAL DIVERTICULA IN WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES, 1979 — 1997 |
| | Key Words: urethral diverticula, inpatient surgery, urethral surgery | | | L.J. Burrows, MD, N.L.S. Howden, MD, L. Meyn, MS, A.M. Weber, MD, MS Objective: The objective of this study was to describe the national rates of surgery for urethral diverticula. | | | Conclusion: The inpatient surgical repair of urethral diverticula is infrequent and rates appear to have decreased over time. |
|
http://www.sgsonline.org/abs03/pp16.htm
|
|
| |
| | THE MERCK MANUAL, Sec. 3, Ch. 33, Diverticular Disease |
| | Diverticula rarely involve the stomach but may be found in the duodenum in up to 25% of patients in some series. | | | Because diverticula are usually located in the retroperitoneum, the development of symptoms is usually insidious and the diagnosis delayed. | | | However, in about 10% of cases, duodenal diverticula are responsible for symptoms (bleeding, pain and nausea caused by distention or inflammation), and they should be considered in the differential diagnosis of an acute abdomen. |
|
http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section3/chapter33/33d.htm
|
|
| |
| | THE MERCK MANUAL, Sec. 3, Ch. 33, Diverticular Disease |
| | A condition in which multiple diverticula develop in the colon (see Plate 33-1). | | | Segmental resection is possible if the bleeding point is known; in nearly 75% of patients, this point is found proximal to the splenic flexure, even though diverticula predominate on the left side. | | | They are uncommon in persons < 40 yr old, but become more common rapidly thereafter; essentially every 90-yr-old person has many diverticula. |
|
http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/section3/chapter33/33b.jsp
|
|
| |
| | Esophageal Diverticula |
| | The most effective method for diagnosing esophageal diverticula is a barium swallow. | | | This condition often causes no symptoms unless food fills up the pouch. | | | Esophageal diverticula are weak parts of the esophagus that pouch outward. |
|
http://www.csmc.edu/pf_5649.html
|
|
| |
| | untitled |
| | Bladder diverticula are a common finding in patients with Williams syndrome. | | | This is the so-called megacystis-megaureter association, although in this boy, the diverticula take the place of the refluxing ureters. | | | ) rapidly refilled with the contrast material from the diverticula as they emptied back into the bladder ( |
|
http://www.duj.com/PUR/PUR30.html
|
|
| |
| | Esophagus: Diverticula in Atlas of Gastroenterological Endoscopy by A. Freytag, T. Deist |
| | Apart from Zenker´s diverticula at the upper entrance of the esophagus, which is ofcourse a pseudodiverticula, there is a second kind called thoracal diverticula. | | | The endoscopist is always in danger causing a diverticular perforation when inserting the endoscope, resulting in a life- threatening mediastinitis. | | | Large diverticula can retain food giving rise to the development of a bezoar. |
|
http://www.endoskopischer-atlas.de/o01e.htm
|
|
| |
| | Duodenal Diverticula |
| | Thirty to forty percent of diverticula arise in the third and fourth portions of the duodenum. | | | As is demonstrated in this companion case of a 51-year-old man being evaluated for esophagitis, diverticula on the medial wall are usually limited in size by surrounding pancreatic tissue ( arrow) and tend not to be as large as those arising on the lateral side of the duodenum. | | | They are found most commonly along the medial border of the descending duodenum where penetrating vessels cause potential weak spots in the bowel wall. |
|
http://brighamrad.harvard.edu/Cases/bwh/hcache/195/full.html
|
|
| |
| | Multiple Bladder Diverticula |
| | Because of the abnormal skin, diaphragmatic hernia and multiple bladder diverticula, we presume that this child has cutis laxa. | | | It showed that there were dozens of large and small bladder diverticula (Figure 1).The bladder itself was normal and emptied well, and when the child voided we could see that his urethra was normal. | | | The differential diagnosis of multiple bladder diverticula in the child includes Menkes kinky-hair syndrome, Williams syndrome, and cutis laxa. |
|
http://www.duj.com/PUR/PUR46.html
|
|
| |
| | NEJM -- Multiple Jejunoileal Diverticula |
| | The patient responded dramatically to oral antibiotics, which are an effective treatment for the bacterial overgrowth syndrome associated with small-intestine diverticula. | | | Multiple jejunoileal diverticula, without duodenal diverticula, were detected on x-ray films of the small bowel (arrows); their presence doubled the size of the bowel wall. | | | The results of gastroduodenoscopy and an abdominal computed tomographic scan were normal. |
|
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/330/1/31
|
|
| |
| | [DYSPHAGIA] Diverticula Question-Case |
| | She has been taking reflux meds since 3/01 with no relief in sx. | | | No swallowing tx was recommended by the SLP who did the MBS since there was "no disruption in function". | | | Her MBS was normal for oral-pharyngeal swallowing function on all consistencies with the only remark being that they found bilateral small pharyngeal diverticula that fill briefly with all consistencies and then drain completely. |
|
http://list.dysphagia.com/dysphagia/2001-May/msg00349.html
|
|
| |
| | Gastrointestinal Pathology |
| | Focal weaknesses in the bowel wall and increased lumenal pressure contribute to the formation of diverticula. | | | Several diverticula are seen along the length of the descending colon. |
|
http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/GIHTML/GI082.html
|
|
| |
| | Periampullary Diverticula |
| | Left: Diverticula on either side of the ampulla of vater, shown here cannulated during ERCP. | | | Please refer to our "Notable Web Sites" section, which offers links to several excellent online sources of additional medical information. | | | The ampulla is located within the larger diverticulum, and not visible from this angle. |
|
http://www.endoatlas.com/du_am_02.html
|
|
| |
| | Diverticulosis coli |
| | Large diverticula may contain smaller diverticula ( right). | | | Left and center: Collapsed, partially inverted diverticula in a 72 year-old man (left) and in a 70 year old woman (center). |
|
http://www.endoatlas.com/co_di_01.html
|
|
| |
| | Gastrointestinal Pathology |
| | Each has an opening to the colonic lumen through a narrow neck. | | | The colon has been opened to reveal the presence of non-inflamed diverticula. |
|
http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/GIHTML/GI084.html
|
|
|
