title: Acute intestinal obstruction due to solitary jejunal diverticulum.
abstract: We report a 26-year-old man who presented with acute intestinal obstruction. Laparotomy revealed a solitary jejunal diverticulum with a meso-diverticular band, through which a loop of bowel had herniated. He underwent wedge resection of the diverticulum and excision of the band.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore. vimal_g@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Vimal Kumar
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Govindan
authors.lastname: Balashanmugam
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male