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Case Reports
. 1997 Aug;43(2):370-1.
doi: 10.1097/00005373-199708000-00031.

Traumatic perforation of duodenal diverticulum

A Poostizadeh  1 , K W Gow, T Al-Mahmeed, D B Allardyce
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Case Reports

Traumatic perforation of duodenal diverticulum

A Poostizadeh et al. J Trauma. 1997 Aug.

Abstract

A fragile 72-year-old female with previous coronary artery disease sustained blunt abdominal trauma in a motor vehicle crash. A ruptured duodenum was identified by computed tomography scanning. Exploratory laparotomy revealed that the duodenal rupture was caused by perforation of a diverticulum in the second portion of the duodenum. The surgical management of the injury to the duodenum is described in detail.

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