@article{ajmcr20221025,
author={{Nieto, Luis M. and Narvaez, Sharon and Sharma, Sanskriti and Burse, Luther},
title={Severe Ulcerative Colitis-like Pattern of Segmental Colitis Associated with Diverticulosis Complicated with a Colo-umbilical Fistula: Case Report},
journal={American Journal of Medical Case Reports},
volume={10},
number={2},
pages={39--41},
year={2022},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajmcr/10/2/5},
issn={2374-216X},
abstract={A 49-year-old African American male with history of diverticulitis presented to the ED with abdominal pain and feculent discharge from the umbilicus. CT scan of the abdomen showed a fistulous tract from the sigmoid colon to the umbilicus. Labs revealed a markedly elevated fecal calprotectin level and colonoscopy demonstrated friable-appearing mucosa of the sigmoid colon.  Segmental colitis associated with diverticulosis (SCAD) refers to a chronic, localized, nongranulomatous inflammation, usually in the sigmoid colon.  SCAD spares the rectum and the proximal colon endoscopically and histologically. We present a case of diverticular disease associated with an unusual fistula and features of SCAD.},
doi={10.12691/ajmcr-10-2-5}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}