[Multiple recurrent perforated jejunal diverticulitis].
Jejunal diverticulitis is a very rare cause of acute abdomen. The treatment of choice in acute perforated jejunal diverticulitis is intestinal resection with primary anastomosis of the affected area. Data on long-term results, postoperative complications and the nature of this illness is limited. To our knowledge, a recurrent perforated jejunal diverticulitis has never have been reported in the literature. In this case,we present a patient who suffered from a recurrence of perforated jejunal diverticulitis 13 weeks after the initial intestinal resection. After the second intestinal resection (due to the recurrent infection), the patient suffered from a third period of jejunal diverticulitis.
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Chirurgische Klinik,Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich, Switzerland.
Gürtler
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Metzger
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D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology; D000368:Aged; D004238:Diverticulitis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D007583:Jejunum / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D012008:Recurrence; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed