A patient has left iliac fossa pain, fever and CT showing pericolic inflammation of the sigmoid colon. What is the diagnosis?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Acute sigmoid diverticulitis
- Step 1: Left iliac fossa pain with fever and sigmoid inflammation fits diverticulitis. Step 2. CT shows pericolic fat stranding around diverticula. Answer: sigmoid diverticulitis. Why not the others: The other conditions are in different sites or have different images.
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