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To the Editor: I was disappointed that Ferzoco et al. (May 21 issue)¹ in their fine review of diverticulitis did not emphasize more strongly that it is mandatory to do further diagnostic testing in many patients rather than to rely solely on clinical findings. Fleischner and Ming² could not find evidence of inflammation in 25 percent of specimens from patients who underwent resection for diverticulitis; Morson³ reported that inflammation was absent in 33 percent of patients. Presumably, these patients represented the sickest patients, because they underwent surgery.

In many patients, the distinction between inflammatory diverticulitis and muscle-spasm diverticulosis can be . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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