[Jejunal diverticulitis causing an acute abdomen].
Jejunal diverticulosis is a rare acquired-disease which courses asymptomatic in most cases. In spite of the fact that there are some publications of this entity in pediatric patients, most symptomatic cases have been found in adults. Reported herein is the case of a patient that presented to the emergency room with signs and symptoms suggestive of an acute abdomen. After diagnostic workup and operative management, presence and complications of a jejunal diverticulum were found to be the cause of the abdominal pain.
Sánchez-Pérez
Miguel Angel
MA
Departamento de Cirugía, American British Cowdray Medical Center IAP, Distrito Federal, México. wfrguitarma@hotmail.com
Muñoz-Juárez
Manuel
M
Moreno-Paquentín
Eduardo
E
Luque-de León
Enrique
E
Torreblanca-Marín
Mario Alfredo
MA
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D004238:Diverticulitis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged