Left Colon Diverticulitis Presenting as Perforated Lumbar Abscess: A Case Report and Review of the Current Literature

Table 1

Lumbar abscesses due to diverticular perforation: three reported cases and treatment of choice.

Authors	Year	Patients	Treatment
Green and Joypaul [11]	2009	1	Sigmoid colectomy and primary anastomosis
Coulier et al. [12]	2012	1	2-step surgical approach
Paramythiotis et al.	2015	1	Elective sigmoid dissection and primary anastomosis