Complicated retroperitoneal diverticulitis presenting with abscess and acute limb ischemia.

This case highlights a rare presentation of diverticulitis of the sigmoid colon with perforation into the retroperitoneum complicated by abscess, vertebral osteomyelitis and acute lower extremity ischemia. A late 40-year-old man presented to an emergency department with acute ischemia of his left lower extremity. He was tachycardic with a leucocytosis, an unremarkable abdominal exam and a pulseless, insensate and paralysed left lower extremity.

Iatrogenic immunodeficiency-associated lymphoproliferative disorder presenting as small bowel perforation.

A woman in her late 50s on mycophenolate for limited systemic sclerosis presented with abdominal pain. Vital signs and investigative evaluations were normal. Cross-sectional imaging identified gastric and small bowel wall thickening, free fluid, and pneumoperitoneum.