Diagnosaurus
Diverticulitis
DDx
- Perforated colorectal cancer
- Infectious colitis, eg, Campylobacter, C. difficile
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Intestinal ischemia
- Appendicitis
- Gynecologic: pelvic inflammatory disease, tubo-ovarian abscess, ovarian torsion, ruptured ectopic pregnancy or ovarian cyst, mittelschmerz, endometriosis
- Urinary calculus
- Ascariasis
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Diverticulitis." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114500/all/Diverticulitis.
Zeiger RFR. Diverticulitis. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114500/all/Diverticulitis. Accessed October 31, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Diverticulitis. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114500/all/Diverticulitis
Zeiger RFR. Diverticulitis [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 October 31]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114500/all/Diverticulitis.
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