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Published in: BMC Surgery 1/2022

Open Access 01-12-2022 | Laparotomy | Case report

Small bowel diverticula in elderly patients: a case report and review article

Authors: Marah Mansour, Yazan Abboud, Racha Bilal, Nour Seilin, Tamim Alsuliman, Fawaz K. Mohamed

Published in: BMC Surgery | Issue 1/2022

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Abstract

Background

Small intestine diverticula are rare findings that were mostly reported in the elderly population as asymptomatic findings. However, they can also present with a wide range of symptoms (bloating, early satiety, chronic abdominal discomfort, and diarrhea/steatorrhea) or complications (gastrointestinal bleeding, small bowel obstruction, acute diverticulitis, or perforation) which in turn warrant medical treatment or urgent surgical intervention.

Case presentation

This is a case report of an 84-year-old female who presented with an acute surgical abdomen. An exploratory laparotomy revealed complicated small bowel diverticula with a jejunal diverticulum perforation, for which a diverticulectomy was performed.

Conclusions

Throughout this paper, we are aiming to outweigh the consideration of the possibility of complicated small bowel diverticula as a differential in the evaluation of any acute abdomen, especially in the elderly, which warrants emergency surgical management.
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Metadata
Title
Small bowel diverticula in elderly patients: a case report and review article
Authors
Marah Mansour
Yazan Abboud
Racha Bilal
Nour Seilin
Tamim Alsuliman
Fawaz K. Mohamed
Publication date
01-12-2022
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Surgery / Issue 1/2022
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2482
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-022-01541-y

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