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h i g h l i g h t s CD occurs mostly in young Asians, presenting With increasing migration, more patients are If imaging confirms uncomplicated CD, conse In our limited study, diagnosis of CD was sup Colorectal Results: A total of 632 patients with colonic diverticulitis were admitted to our institution over a seven-year period, of which 13 patients had caecal diverticulitis (2.06%). Of the 13 patients, twelve were of right sided diverticular disease is relatively uncommon, in partic-ular caecal diverticulitis. It represents 3.6 % of all colonic diverticular dicectomies [1,2]. litis is most com-reasing migration, etting [3]. The management of caecal diverticulitis is now primarily con-servative and most patients respond well to intravenous antibi-otics. The exceptions are cases of caecal diverticulitis that have perforated or where malignancy cannot be excluded on imaging studies [4,5]. This study aims to determine the incidence of caecal diverticu-litis in patients presenting with colonic diverticulitis, as well as to identify the symptoms and clinical features that may aid surgeons to make a preoperative diagnosis. * The corresponding author is not a recipient of a research scholarship. Thi