Abstract Acquired (non-Meckel's) jejunoileal diverticulosis is an uncommon disease, generally characterised by vague and unspecific symptoms. This rare condition is mainly expressed as acute complications: gastrointestinal haemorrhage, mechanic obstruction of the small intestine or perforated diverticulum, requiring urgent surgical intervention. The authors report a case of this unusual clinical occurrence characterized by a picture of abdominal pain due to perforation of jejuneal diverticulum. The final etiological diagnosis was possible only during surgery.
Perforated jejuneal diverticulosis. Case report and review literature / Assenza, Marco; Ricci, G; Antoniozzi, A; Clementi, I; Simonelli, L; Modini, Claudio. - In: ANNALI ITALIANI DI CHIRURGIA. - ISSN 0003-469X. - May -Jun (78)3:(2007), pp. 247-250.
Perforated jejuneal diverticulosis. Case report and review literature.
ASSENZA, Marco;MODINI, Claudio
2007
Abstract
Abstract Acquired (non-Meckel's) jejunoileal diverticulosis is an uncommon disease, generally characterised by vague and unspecific symptoms. This rare condition is mainly expressed as acute complications: gastrointestinal haemorrhage, mechanic obstruction of the small intestine or perforated diverticulum, requiring urgent surgical intervention. The authors report a case of this unusual clinical occurrence characterized by a picture of abdominal pain due to perforation of jejuneal diverticulum. The final etiological diagnosis was possible only during surgery.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.