Calcifying Bowel Inflammation : A Case Report

Abstract EN

We report about a previously healthy 72 year-old woman, presented with 6 days of left lower quadrant abdominal pain and constipation.

There was no report of fever, melena, hematochezia or change in appetite.

The physical exam demonstrated a distended abdomen with palpable left lower quadrant pain, without guarding.

CT showed images compatible with a sigmoid diverticulitis and a calcification of the sigmoid colon.

After antibiotic threatment, a colonoscopy was performed which revealed the presence of a shell in the sigmoid colon.

Our case illustrates the need for a colonoscopy following an attack of diverticulitis to look for a cancer or rarely a foreign body.