Diverticulitis symptoms usually include left-sided abdominal pain, chills, and nausea. Most diverticulitis cases can be ...

other-abscess; other-colectomy; other-infection; other-scar and/or disfigurement; abdomen; surgeries/treatment-colostomy; mental/psychological-emotional distress ...

Stercoral colitis is an inflammatory/ischemic complication caused by severe fecal impaction that affects the microcirculation of the gut as a result of stool pressing on the bowel wall (distension).

An 80-year-old man presented with progressive lower left-quadrant abdominal pain. Imaging studies identified a mass adjacent to the sigmoid colon, with features suggestive of an abscess, although no ...