Diverticular disease of the colon is frequent bowel disease. Wide spread of this pathol- ogy, especially among elderly patients, is caused by characteristics of the diet in developed countries. In modern conditions the clinician is faced with the complicated forms of diverticular disease, in some cases requiring urgent surgical intervention. However, the frequency of diagnostic errors on the back- ground of complicated diverticular disease can reach significant values. A clinical case, indicating the significant difficulties, appearing while diagnosis and surgical treatment of diverticular disease late complications is exampled.
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