The importance of laboratory parameters in the differential diagnosis of acute diverticulitis and acute epiploic apandagitis

Aim: It is aimed to reveal the effectiveness of laboratory parameters used by clinicians in the differential diagnosis of acute diverticulitis and primary epiploic appendagitis. Materials and methods: 184 patients diagnosed with epiploic appendagitis (EA) or diverticulitis (AD) who applied to Hitit University Medical Faculty Erol Olçok Training and Research Hospital between 01.01.2013 and 01.01.2022 were retrospectively screened. Patients' age, gender, serum white blood cell (WBC), neutrophil (NE), lymphocyte (LY), hemoglobin (Hb), platelet (Plt), mean platelet volume (MPV), albumin (Alb), creatine kinase (CK), C-Reactive Protein (CRP) values, the ratios of these values to each other, lesion localizations, known chronic diseases, hospitalization requirements, length of stay, pr