Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2001;23(4): 255-258.
악성종양과 유사한 형태를 보인 S 상 결장 게실염 1 예 ( A Case of Diverticulitis of Sigmoid Colon Mimicking Carcinoma )
류정임(Jung Im Rue),이정환(Jung Whan Lee),김은순(Eun Soon Kim),김유선(You Sun Kim),우광훈(Gwang Hoon Woo),문정섭(Jeong Seop Mon),이우진(Woo Jin Lee),이준성(Joon Seong Lee),백현욱(Hyun Wook Baik),전영빈(Young Bin Jeon),유권(Kwon Yoo)
Abstract
Diverticular disease of the colon in Korea is different from developed Western countries. Diverticulosis leads to the complications in about 20% of cases. The diverticulitis of the right colon is difficult to be differentiated from acute appendicitis. According as increase of elderly populations, incidence of the diverticulitis of the left colon increase. Therefore we should be differenciated from other diseases. In very rare case, frequent recurrence and recovery of the diverticulitis leads to a chronic state with complications such perforation, microabscess, fistula, adhesion and fibrous hypertrophy. These findings may be misdiagnosed as malignancy because of protruding mass and stricture on colonoscopy. We present a case of an pseudotumor that looks like a malignancy in the sigmoid on colonoscopy. After surgical resection, the lesion turned out to be a complicated diverticulitis. (Korean J Gastrointest Endosc 2001;23:255-258)
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