Digestive bleeding and acute abdomen caused by jejunal diverticulosis. Case report
Nari, G.A.; Azar, R.; Feliu, L.; Moreno, E.; Bonaparte, F.
Acta Gastroenterologica Latinoamericana 42(1): 53-55
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-9033 PMID: 22616499 Document Number: 657988
We present a patient with acute abdomen and digestive bleeding caused by jejunal diverticulosis. Jejunal diverticulosis, mainly asymptomatic, when is symptomatic have a wide clinical spectrum, ranging from chronic anemic syndrome to acute abdomen. In this communication, we reviewed the clinical presentation, the pathogenesis and the treatment this infrequent pathology.