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Isolated perforation of a duodenal diverticulum following blunt abdominal trauma

Only 10% of duodenal diverticula are symptomatic. We present the case of a man who fell from a height of 6 ft, landing on his abdomen and presenting 4 h later with severe back pain and a rigid abdomen. At laparotomy, a perforated retroperitoneal duodenal diverticulum was found and repaired with an o...

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Autores principales: Metcalfe, Matthew J, Rashid, Tanwir G, Bird, Richard le R
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2823150/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20165728
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.58656