Colon, Diverticulitis: Follow-up

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Keywords

diverticulitis, diverticulum, diverticulosis, diverticular disease, diverticular disease of the colon, outpouching, diverticula, colonic diverticula, intestinal disease, diverticular hemorrhage, bowel obstruction, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, GI tract hemorrhage

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Sandor Joffe, MD, Section Chief of Abdominal Imaging, Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Medical Center
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Aspasia Kachulis, MD, Body Imaging Fellow, Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Medical Center
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