Sigmoid diverticulitis in elderly patients. A rare cause of right iliac fossa pain
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Grassi V., Tabola R., Basile E., Desol A., Polistena A., Sanguinetti A., Aveniaavenia N., Popivanivanov G., Burattini M. F., Cirocchi R., Ursi P.
ISSN: 0026-4733
The case-series reported the difficult differential diagnosis of RIF pain in an elderly patient due to sigmoid diverticulitis. Although it is an infrequent cause
it should also be considered in the differential diagnosis of causes of pain in the RIF of patients with severe constipation.