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Elderly patient with acute, left lower abdominal pain: perforated jejunal diverticulitis (2010:7b)

Authors: Manuela França, Manuela Certo, Donzília Silva, Carlos Peixoto, Pedro Varzim

Published in: European Radiology | Issue 10/2010

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An elderly patient with acute, left, lower abdominal pain is described, for whom the diagnosis of perforated jejunal diverticulitis was established by computed tomography (CT). The presence of a jejunal segmental inflammatory process, with or without abscess or perforation, in the setting of jejunal diverticulosis, is very suggestive of jejunal diverticulitis.

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Title: Elderly patient with acute, left lower abdominal pain: perforated jejunal diverticulitis (2010:7b)
Authors: Manuela França
Manuela Certo
Donzília Silva
Carlos Peixoto
Pedro Varzim
Publication date: 01-10-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Radiology / Issue 10/2010
Print ISSN: 0938-7994
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1084
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-010-1726-6

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Elderly patient with acute, left lower abdominal pain: perforated jejunal diverticulitis (2010:7b)

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