Small bowel hamartoma: a huge diverticulum of small bowel.
A-20-year old male, with no significant medical history, presented with clinical features mimicking a perforated acute appendicitis. Because of features of peritonitis, a laparotomy was performed which showed a segment of small bowel with multiple large diverticula and mesenteric cysts. A segmental small bowel resection was performed. The patient made an uneventful recovery from surgery. Histology revealed features of a small bowel hamartoma.
Department of General Surgery, Kettering General Hospital, Kettering NN16 8UZ, UK.
Hamdi
H
Ebdewi
Department of UGI Surgery, University Hospital of Leicester, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK.
Amar M
AM
Eltweri
Department of General Surgery, Kettering General Hospital, Kettering NN16 8UZ, UK.
Yahya
Y
Salama
Department of Histopathology, Kettering General Hospital, Kettering NN16 8UZ, UK.
Neshtman
N
Gorgees
Department of Radiology, Kettering General Hospital, Kettering NN16 8UZ, UK.
Leena
L
Naidu
Department of UGI Surgery, University Hospital of Leicester, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK.
David J
DJ
Bowrey