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Correo Científico Médico 2016; 20 (1)
Yeyuno-ileal diverticulosis: a case report with bowel perforation
Hernández TL, Sardiñas PR, Pinza JJM
Language: Spanish
References: 5
Page: 197-203
PDF size: 278.18 Kb.
ABSTRACT
Yeyuno-ileal diverticulosis is a rare illness that affects more frequently men and older than 60
years. Diverticula are more frequently in yeyuno than ileum, and are associated with similar
lesions in colon or bladder. It is generally asymptomatic and diverticulitis is the most frequent
complication that is why it is diagnosed through radiologic studies or laparotomies. An 87- yearold
patient with hypertension and previous heart attack, who was complaining of generalized
abdominal pain of 48 hours of evolution, intense, besides nausea, abdominal growth and
tenderness. Because of these, she was operated for acute abdomen finding a yeyuno-ileal
diverticulosis with a yeyunal diverticula perforated, that required resection and anastomosis of
large bowel. The patient died from acute lung edema in the Intensive Care Unit of Enrique Cabrera
General Teaching Hospital, Havana, Cuba.
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