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Giant and multiple jejunal diverticula presenting as peritonitis a significant challenging disorder
Jejunal diverticula are an uncommon acquired disease that is usually silent and asymptomatic. When symptomatic, they present with chronic nonspecific symptoms like pain, nausea, malnutrition and sometimes with acute presentation like gastrointestinal hemorrhage, peritonitis and obstruction. The majo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3464999/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23049633 |
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description | Jejunal diverticula are an uncommon acquired disease that is usually silent and asymptomatic. When symptomatic, they present with chronic nonspecific symptoms like pain, nausea, malnutrition and sometimes with acute presentation like gastrointestinal hemorrhage, peritonitis and obstruction. The majority of complications seen as an acute abdomen similar to appendicitis, cholecystitis or colonic diverticulitis but they also may appear with atypical symptoms. We are presenting a 63-year-old male reported in emergency with painful abdomen and diagnosed as having peritonitis. On laparotomy, we incidentally found giant and multiple jejunal diverticula along with ileal perforation. Nothing was done to the jejunal diverticula, as these were multiple and non-obstructive. In the follow-up of 16 months, the patient was doing well. Jejuno-ileal diverticulosis is a rare condition that continues to present formidable challenges in diagnosis and treatment. |
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spelling | pubmed-34649992012-11-15 Giant and multiple jejunal diverticula presenting as peritonitis a significant challenging disorder Singal, R Gupta, S Airon, A J Med Life Case Presentation Jejunal diverticula are an uncommon acquired disease that is usually silent and asymptomatic. When symptomatic, they present with chronic nonspecific symptoms like pain, nausea, malnutrition and sometimes with acute presentation like gastrointestinal hemorrhage, peritonitis and obstruction. The majority of complications seen as an acute abdomen similar to appendicitis, cholecystitis or colonic diverticulitis but they also may appear with atypical symptoms. We are presenting a 63-year-old male reported in emergency with painful abdomen and diagnosed as having peritonitis. On laparotomy, we incidentally found giant and multiple jejunal diverticula along with ileal perforation. Nothing was done to the jejunal diverticula, as these were multiple and non-obstructive. In the follow-up of 16 months, the patient was doing well. Jejuno-ileal diverticulosis is a rare condition that continues to present formidable challenges in diagnosis and treatment. Carol Davila University Press 2012-09-15 2012-09-25 /pmc/articles/PMC3464999/ /pubmed/23049633 Text en ©Carol Davila University Press http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Presentation Singal, R Gupta, S Airon, A Giant and multiple jejunal diverticula presenting as peritonitis a significant challenging disorder |
title | Giant and multiple jejunal diverticula presenting as peritonitis a significant challenging disorder
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title_full | Giant and multiple jejunal diverticula presenting as peritonitis a significant challenging disorder
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title_fullStr | Giant and multiple jejunal diverticula presenting as peritonitis a significant challenging disorder
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title_full_unstemmed | Giant and multiple jejunal diverticula presenting as peritonitis a significant challenging disorder
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title_short | Giant and multiple jejunal diverticula presenting as peritonitis a significant challenging disorder
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title_sort | giant and multiple jejunal diverticula presenting as peritonitis a significant challenging disorder |
topic | Case Presentation |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3464999/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23049633 |
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