Elderly patient with acute, left lower abdominal pain: perforated jejunal diverticulitis (2010:7b).
An elderly patient with acute, left, lower abdominal pain is described, for whom the diagnosis of perforated jejunal diverticulitis was established by computed tomography (CT). The presence of a jejunal segmental inflammatory process, with or without abscess or perforation, in the setting of jejunal diverticulosis, is very suggestive of jejunal diverticulitis.
França
Manuela
M
Radiology Department, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal. mariamanuela.franca@gmail.com
Certo
Manuela
M
Silva
Donzília
D
Peixoto
Carlos
C
Varzim
Pedro
P
D000005:Abdomen / Q000473:pathology; D015746:Abdominal Pain; D000368:Aged; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000494:pharmacology; D004238:Diverticulitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D007583:Jejunum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D003287:Contrast Media