Radiological insights into diverticulitis: Clinical manifestations, complications, and differential diagnosis

Figure 5 Sartelli stage 3 diverticulitis. A: Axial contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) demonstrated findings of sigmoid colon diverticulitis with an associated abscess formation long (yellow double-sided arrow) in the midline abdomen; B: Coronal oral contrast-enhanced CT image showed free intraperitoneal fluid extending into the right paracolic and perihepatic spaces (orange arrows), with no evidence of free air in the same patient.