0 a condition in which a diverticulum (= a small pocket) that has formed in the bowels, especially in the colon (= the lower and larger part of the bowels), becomes sore or infected, causing pain and often problems with digesting food: --
And, that it had not been diverticulitis, but a tumor.
Once the pouches become inflamed it is known as diverticulitis.
Diverticula are small pouches that can form inside the bowel wall, which can become inflamed to give diverticulitis.
Diverticulitis can also cause adhesions, leading to intestinal obstruction.
He experienced abdominal pain at the end of 1958 and was hospitalized with a diagnosis of diverticulitis.
Diverticulitis results when one of these diverticula becomes inflamed.
The diagnosis of acute diverticulitis is made confidently when the involved segment contains diverticulae.
Central obesity may be associated with diverticulitis in younger patients, with some being as young as 20 years old.
