Complicated small-bowel diverticulosis: a case report and review of the literature.
Here we report a case of a 60 years old woman who came to the Emergency Department of San Martino Hospital suffering from abdominal pain for about a week with high fever in the last 24 hours. The final histological examination led to the diagnosis of ileal diverticulosis associated with perforation and peritonitis with a fibrotic reaction involving the last ileal loop, the caecum and the appendix.
Rimini
Edoardo
E
Department of Oncological Surgery, San Martino Hospital, Genoa.
Claudiani
Valentina
V
Pertile
Davide
D
Damiani
Giampiero
G
Romairone
Emanuele
E
Scordamaglia
Renato
R
Ferrando
Valter
V
Scabini
Stefano
S
D001065:Appendix / Q000473:pathology; D002432:Cecum / Q000473:pathology; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome