TY - JOUR
AR - AJSCR-2023-1-103
TI - Bowel Perforation Due to Complicated Jejunal Diverticulitis: A Rare Case Report and Literature Review
AU - Mauro, Giambusso
AU - Paolo, Mirco
AU - Marta Di, Grezia
AU - Valentina, Bianchi
JO - American Journal of Surgical Case Reports
PY - 2023
DA - Thu 16, Mar 2023
SN - 2674-5046
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.AJSCR.2023.01.03
UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/bowel-perforation-due-to_AJSCR-2023-1-103 
KW - Jejunal, small bowel diverticulitis, perforation
AB - Small bowel diverticulosis is a rare and acquired disease usually diagnosed as an incidental radiological finding. We report the case of a 65-year-old man admitted to our Emergency Department with abdominal pain and fever. The CT-scan showed multiple jejunal diverticular eversions and oedema of the surrounding tissues. At urgent laparotomy the radiological finding was confirmed with microperforation of one diverticula. Bowel resection was performed and histology revealed erosive inflammation with ischemic mucosa.
Small bowel diverticula do not require any treatment if asymptomatic, nevertheless cases like this could be life-threatening. Urgent surgical procedure must be the treatment of choice in these patients.