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Cureus
December 2024
Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, North Manchester General Hospital, Manchester, GBR.
Non-Meckel small bowel diverticula, particularly ileal diverticula, are rare, especially when incarcerated within an inguinal hernia sac. This case involves an 80-year-old man who presented with a newly noticed tender, irreducible lump in his left groin, accompanied by symptoms of bowel obstruction such as inability to pass flatus and vomiting. His medical history included a previous right inguinal hernia repair.
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October 2024
Department of Surgery, Saiseikai Niigata Hospital, 280-7, Teraji, Niigata, Niigata, 950-1104, Japan.
Background: Similar to colonic diverticula, small-intestinal diverticula are often asymptomatic, but may cause life-threatening acute complications. Non-Meckel's small-bowel diverticular perforation is rare, and the rate of mortality is high. However, there is currently no consensus regarding its therapeutic management.
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October 2022
Department of General Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.
Int J Surg Case Rep
October 2021
Department of General Surgery, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, National University Health System, Singapore.
Introduction: Complications due to small bowel non-Meckel's diverticulosis is an uncommon clinical scenario encountered in clinical practice. A diverticulum in the ileum is rare among the locations of the diverticulum in the small intestine. We describe an unusual case of ileal diverticular perforation presenting as an acute abdomen.
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November 2020
General Surgery Department, Aurelia Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Non-Meckel small intestine diverticular disease is a rare and mostly asymptomatic condition. However, rare cases of acute and emergent complications bear a high mortality rate. We report a case of a 91-year-old male that presented with an acute abdomen due to perforated jejunal diverticulitis.
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