PERFORATED SOLITARY JEJUNAL DIVERTICULUM

Authors
ALBU E PARIKH V ALANKAR S GERST PH
Citation
E. Albu et al., PERFORATED SOLITARY JEJUNAL DIVERTICULUM, Southern medical journal, 88(5), 1995, pp. 575-576
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Southern medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00384348
Volume
88
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
575 - 576
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-4348(1995)88:5<575:PSJD>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
We report a case of perforated solitary jejunal diverticulum in an 80- year-old woman. Jejunal diverticulosis occurs in 0.07% to 2.0% of the population. Jejunal diverticulitis with perforation is rare and is ass ociated with high mortality. Treatment is surgical resection of the in volved segment. Several theories to explain the pathogenesis of jejuna l diverticula may relate to manometric or histologic abnormalities of the small bowel.