Giant sigmoid diverticulitis. a cause of partial small bowel obstruction
Ona, F.V.; Salamone, R.P.; Mehnert, P.J.
American Journal of Gastroenterology 73(4): 350-352
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9270 PMID: 7416132 Document Number: 154333
Partial small bowel obstruction developed in a patient with associated giant sigmoid diverticulitis. This complication resulted from the wall of the diverticulum adhering to a loop of terminal ileum. Small bowel obstruction had not been observed in the 15 cases of giant sigmoid diverticula reported in the literature.