Ultrasound diagnosis of diverticulitis

INTRODUCTION Diverticular disease accounts for approximately312 000 hospital admissions in the United States annually,and costs nearly 2.6 billion dollars.[1,2]Approximately20%of Americans with diverticular disease will experience at least one episode of acute diverticulitis,necessitating a visit to their physician’s office or the emergency department(ED)for treatment.[3]As the risk of developing diverticulitis rises with age(nearly 50%of people aged over 60 years have colonic diverticula),