Jejunal diverticulitis.
Two patients with jejunal diverticulitis are presented. Each demonstrated a wide spectrum of clinical and radiographic findings over several years. Radiographic abnormalities including incomplete jejunal obstruction, an omental mass displacing jejunal loops, leakage of barium into adjacent mesenteric abscess, and extrinsic serosal changes involving the transverse colon have permitted a correce preoperative diagnosis in each patient.
D000368:Aged; D004238:Diverticulitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography