Left Colon Diverticulitis Presenting as Perforated Lumbar Abscess: A Case Report and Review of the Current Literature

Diverticular perforation is a common complication of diverticulitis and can lead to the creation of abscesses. The presence of such abscesses on the abdominal wall is rare and can lead to misdiagnosis. We present the case of a patient with abdominal pain and the formation of a large left lumbar absc...

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Autores principales: Paramythiotis, Daniel, Kofina, Konstantinia, Papadopoulos, Vassileios N., Michalopoulos, Antonios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4736197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26881151
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/414905
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author Paramythiotis, Daniel
Kofina, Konstantinia
Papadopoulos, Vassileios N.
Michalopoulos, Antonios
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description Diverticular perforation is a common complication of diverticulitis and can lead to the creation of abscesses. The presence of such abscesses on the abdominal wall is rare and can lead to misdiagnosis. We present the case of a patient with abdominal pain and the formation of a large left lumbar abscess due to perforation of a diverticulum of the left colon and our surgical treatment of choice with favorable results.
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spelling pubmed-47361972016-02-15 Left Colon Diverticulitis Presenting as Perforated Lumbar Abscess: A Case Report and Review of the Current Literature Paramythiotis, Daniel Kofina, Konstantinia Papadopoulos, Vassileios N. Michalopoulos, Antonios Case Rep Gastrointest Med Case Report Diverticular perforation is a common complication of diverticulitis and can lead to the creation of abscesses. The presence of such abscesses on the abdominal wall is rare and can lead to misdiagnosis. We present the case of a patient with abdominal pain and the formation of a large left lumbar abscess due to perforation of a diverticulum of the left colon and our surgical treatment of choice with favorable results. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC4736197/ /pubmed/26881151 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/414905 Text en Copyright © 2015 Daniel Paramythiotis et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Left Colon Diverticulitis Presenting as Perforated Lumbar Abscess: A Case Report and Review of the Current Literature
title Left Colon Diverticulitis Presenting as Perforated Lumbar Abscess: A Case Report and Review of the Current Literature
title_full Left Colon Diverticulitis Presenting as Perforated Lumbar Abscess: A Case Report and Review of the Current Literature
title_fullStr Left Colon Diverticulitis Presenting as Perforated Lumbar Abscess: A Case Report and Review of the Current Literature
title_full_unstemmed Left Colon Diverticulitis Presenting as Perforated Lumbar Abscess: A Case Report and Review of the Current Literature
title_short Left Colon Diverticulitis Presenting as Perforated Lumbar Abscess: A Case Report and Review of the Current Literature
title_sort left colon diverticulitis presenting as perforated lumbar abscess: a case report and review of the current literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4736197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26881151
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/414905
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