Perforation in a Rare Solitary “True” Jejunal Diverticulum
Published: 2021-10-15
Page: 671-674
Issue: 2021 - Volume 4 [Issue 2]
Arnab Mohanty *
Department of Surgery, St. Stephen’s Hospital, New Delhi, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Jejunal diverticulosis is a rare entity and is usually asymptomatic. However, it may present with chronic symptoms and acute complications. Most of these are false diverticuli. True diverticuli, as elsewhere in the GIT, possess all layers of the intestine, and are significantly rare. There is a high incidence of complications, such as perforation, in such diverticuli. Perforation in a true jejunal diverticulum has seldom been reported. We present one such rarely documented case where the site of perforation was within a true diverticulum in the jejunum.
Keywords: Jejunal, true diverticulum, false diverticulum, perforation, resection, anastomosis, diverticulitis