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Case Reports
. 1991;141(3):45-6.

[Acute diverticulitis of the jejunum. A rarely diagnosed cause of peritonitis]

[Article in German]
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  • PMID: 2058145
Case Reports

[Acute diverticulitis of the jejunum. A rarely diagnosed cause of peritonitis]

[Article in German]
O Haiderer et al. Wien Med Wochenschr. 1991.

Abstract

A 77 year old man was treated for duodenal ulcer and obstipation for 2 years; the diagnosis was not confirmed by endoscopy. Because of recurrent and increasing abdominal pain the patient was admitted to hospital as recurrent duodenal ulcer; this was excluded by emergency endoscopy. At laparotomy a sealed-off perforation of an inflamed jejunal diverticulum was identified complicating the jejunal diverticulosis. The entire jejunal segment involved by diverticulosis was removed. The patient made an uneventful recovery and is well 15 months after surgery. Jejunal diverticulosis may be associated with a variety of complications; it should be considered, especially in the elderly patient, with recurrent gastrointestinal symptoms of obscure origin.

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