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Of the patients with cecal diverticulitis, 24 to 50% are below the age of 30, and such cases are usually misdiagnosed preoperatively as appendicitis. Two young patients with cecal diverticulitis were diagnosed preoperatively by barium enemas. The barium enemas correctly identified the extent of the disease. Treatment was tailored to the clinical and roentgenographic findings with both patients requiring elective colon resections.
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A focal defect at the inferior margin of the right lobe of the liver was found in two patients with subhepatic abscesses. This defect must be differentiated from the porta hepatis and the gallbladder fossa. When technetium liver scans are obtained in patients with usspect abdominal abscesses, the inferior margin of the right lobe of the liver should be carefully scrutinized so that right subhepatic abscesses will not be overlooked.