title: Giant and multiple jejunal diverticula presenting as peritonitis a significant challenging disorder.
abstract: Jejunal diverticula are an uncommon acquired disease that is usually silent and asymptomatic. When symptomatic, they present with chronic nonspecific symptoms like pain, nausea, malnutrition and sometimes with acute presentation like gastrointestinal hemorrhage, peritonitis and obstruction. The majority of complications seen as an acute abdomen similar to appendicitis, cholecystitis or colonic diverticulitis but they also may appear with atypical symptoms. We are presenting a 63-year-old male reported in emergency with painful abdomen and diagnosed as having peritonitis. On laparotomy, we incidentally found giant and multiple jejunal diverticula along with ileal perforation. Nothing was done to the jejunal diverticula, as these were multiple and non-obstructive. In the follow-up of 16 months, the patient was doing well. Jejuno-ileal diverticulosis is a rare condition that continues to present formidable challenges in diagnosis and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Maharishi Markandeshwer Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Mullana, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Singal
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Airon
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000150:complications; D007583:Jejunum / Q000473:pathology; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*