title: Complicated small-bowel diverticulosis: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncological Surgery, San Martino Hospital, Genoa.
authors.forename: Edoardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rimini
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Claudiani
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pertile
authors.forename: Giampiero
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Damiani
authors.forename: Emanuele
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Romairone
authors.forename: Renato
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Scordamaglia
authors.forename: Valter
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ferrando
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scabini
mesh_terms: 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