title: Jejunal diverticulosis with perforation - a challenging differential diagnosis of acute abdomen: case report.
abstract: Multiple diverticulosis of the jejunum represents a very rare entity. Jejunal diverticula are found to be the rarest of all small bowel diverticula. The disease is usually asymptomatic and often becomes clinically relevant when complicated. This rarity makes it a difficult differential diagnosis. Related complications such as diverticulitis, perforation, and bleeding and/or intestinal obstruction appear in about 10-30% of the patients which increase the morbidity and mortality rates in such individuals. Here, we present a case of jejunal diverticulosis with perforation who presented with symptoms of acute abdominal pain, vomiting and fever along with a brief review of literature.
authors: Post Graduate, Department of Pathology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences , Ganapathychettykulam, Puducherry, India .
authors: Kiruthiga
authors: K
authors: Natarajan
authors: Professor, Department of Pathology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences , Ganapathychettykulam, Puducherry, India .
authors: Manjiri
authors: M
authors: Phansalkar
authors: Professor, Department of Pathology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences , Ganapathychettykulam, Puducherry, India .
authors: Renu G'boy
authors: RG
authors: Varghese
authors: Professor, Department of Surgery, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences , Ganapathychettykulam, Puducherry, India .
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Thangiah
keywords: Abdominal pain; Diverticulitis; Intestinal perforation; Perforation