title: Endoscopic diagnosis of asymptomatic perforation of colonic diverticulum.
abstract: Colonic perforation as complication of acute diverticulitis is a relatively frequent pathology and generally very symptomatic. Nevertheless, when it occurs in the mesenteric border the course can be indolent.
authors.affiliation: Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, España.
authors.forename: Luis María
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Merino Peñacoba
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid.
authors.forename: María Lourdes
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Ruiz Rebollo
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía General y Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid.
authors.forename: Íñigo
authors.initials: Í
authors.lastname: López de Cenarruzabeitia
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid.
authors.forename: Elvira
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: González Obeso
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía General y Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid.
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Beltrán de Heredia Y Rentería
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003113:Colonoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D004239:Diverticulitis, Colonic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D004241:Diverticulum, Colon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed