Rare aetiology of abdominal pain: contained abscess secondary to perforated jejunal diverticulitis

A patient with a history of multiple jejunal diverticulosis (JD) presented with a non-peritonitic abdominal pain and leucocytosis. CT scan showed a thick-walled interloop collection within the left mid-abdomen with dilated bowels and mild diffuse air-fluid levels. Exploratory laparotomy revealed mul...

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Published in:BMJ Case Rep
Main Authors: Yeung, Enoch, Kumar, Vishal, Dewar, Zachary, Behm, Robert
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020
Subjects:
Reminder of Important Clinical Lesson
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7470643/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32878834
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-235974
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