Diverticulitis dx-4 days into antibiotics for severe pain descending colon. symptoms subsided but increasing today, not severe. ct showed mass.

Possible abscess: Complication of diverticular disease of colon is diverticulitis. Sometimes abscess, mass effect, is complication with perforation of diverticulum. Although there doesn't appear to be a direct link between diverticular disease and colon or rectal cancer, diverticular disease may make cancer more difficult to diagnose.Diverticulitis occurs.

Could b something: Some patients w diverticulitis can have underlying mass (cancer). This can only b detected by colonoscopy but the diverticulitis has to calm down first.