PMC3779396_01
74-year-old female patient with sudden onset of abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting diagnosed with jejunal diverticulosis and perforation. Upright abdominal X-ray image shows small bowel obstruction and air-fluid area (arrow).
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Abdominal X-ray image in upright position showed two gas fluid lesions in the small intestine [Figure 1].
74-year-old female patient with sudden onset of abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting diagnosed with jejunal diverticulosis and perforation. Contrast-enhanced abdominal CT image shows two jejunal diverticula (arrows). Direction of the diverticula from their origin is shown with dashed white arrows (J: Jejunum).
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A computed tomography (CT) scan with intravenous (IV) contrast revealed multiple diverticula on the mesenteric wall of the small intestine and dilated intestinal loops proximal to the diverticula, but no free air or fluid [Figure 2].
74-year-old female patient with sudden onset of abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting diagnosed with jejunal diverticulosis and perforation. Photograph taken during abdominal exploration, shows multiple diverticula on the mesenteric side of the jejunum, and a perforation hole due to necrosis on one of the di verticula in the distal part (arrow).
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A necrotic, perforated diverticulum was present in the distal part of the jejunal segment [Figure 3].