P.11.6 MODERATE-TO-SEVERE AND PROLONGED LEFT LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN IS THE BEST SYMPTOM CHARACTERIZING SYMPTOMATIC UNCOMPLICATED DIVERTICULAR DISEASE OF THE COLON: A COMPARISON WITH FECAL CALPROTECTIN IN CLINICAL SETTING

Study: Seventy-two patients suffering from abdominal pain and having diverticula at colonoscopy were enrolled. Patients were classified according to SUDD definition (abdominal pain for at least 24 consecutive hours in left lower abdomen) (42 patients) and IBS-like symptoms fulfilling Rome III criteria (30 patients). Abdominal pain was assessed using a 10-point visual scale, assigning numerical values from 0 (absence of pain) to 10 (severe pain). FC expression was assessed by a rapid test in all patients enrolled.