Small Bowel Hamartoma: A Huge Diverticulum of Small Bowel

A-20-year old male, with no significant medical history, presented with clinical features mimicking a perforated acute appendicitis. Because of features of peritonitis, a laparotomy was performed which showed a segment of small bowel with multiple large diverticula and mesenteric cysts. A segmental...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ebdewi, Hamdi, Eltweri, Amar M., Salama, Yahya, Gorgees, Neshtman, Naidu, Leena, Bowrey, David J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3878278/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24454405
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/970457
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Sumario:A-20-year old male, with no significant medical history, presented with clinical features mimicking a perforated acute appendicitis. Because of features of peritonitis, a laparotomy was performed which showed a segment of small bowel with multiple large diverticula and mesenteric cysts. A segmental small bowel resection was performed. The patient made an uneventful recovery from surgery. Histology revealed features of a small bowel hamartoma.

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