title: Perforated jejunal diverticulosis: radiologic diagnosis.
abstract: Jejunoileal diverticulosis, which is usually asymptomatic, is commonly found at autopsy or during small-bowel barium examination. Perforation of diverticula can cause generalized or localized intra-abdominal inflammatory disease, depending to some extent on the site of the perforation. The authors describe a patient with perforation of a jejunal diverticulum; the condition mimicked colonic inflammatory disease clinically and ultrasonographically. The correct diagnosis was made on the basis of the findings of cross-sectional imaging and barium examination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton, Ont.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Brady
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Malone
authors.forename: F P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: McGrath
mesh_terms: D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography