Clinical Case Reports (Apr 2023)

A rare case of perforated jejunal diverticula of an uncommon origin

  • Aleeza Jawed,
  • Areesha Jawed,
  • Sandhya Kumari,
  • Omer Ahmed Shaikh,
  • Abdulqadir J. Nashwan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7206
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 4
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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Abstract Jejunal diverticula are often asymptomatic and rare, so they can go unnoticed until serious complications like obstruction, bleeding, perforation, volvulus, or diverticulitis occur. Elderly people over 60 are more likely to have this condition.

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