Diverticulosis of the jejunum with intestinal obstruction: A case report.
A diagnosis of intestinal diverticulosis is difficult to make pre-operatively because the clinical symptoms are usually non-specific. We report the case of a 70-year-old man who had suffered from three episodes of intestinal obstruction in 1 year. He experienced dull pain and a sensation of fullness over the whole abdomen. The symptoms did not improve after conservative treatment. The presumptive diagnosis was intestinal obstruction, and an exploratory laparotomy found diverticulosis of the proximal jejunum, with an adhesion band formed from the base of one diverticulum. Strangulation of a segment of the jejunum resulted from the internal herniation caused by the band. The band was removed and the proximal jejunum segmentally resected. His postoperative course was uneventful.
Lin
Chien-Hua
CH
Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 325, Sec. 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Neihu 114, Taipei, Taiwan, China.
Hsieh
Huan-Fa
HF
Yu
Chih-Yung
CY
Yu
Jyh-Cherng
JC
Chan
De-Chuan
DC
Chen
Teng-Wei
TW
Chen
Peng-Jen
PJ
Liu
Yao-Chi
YC
D000368:Aged; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D007583:Jejunum / Q000473:pathology*; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male