RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Perforated duodenal diverticulum: a rare complication in a common condition
JF BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP bcr-2017-219881
DO 10.1136/bcr-2017-219881
VO 2017
A1 Cláudio Branco
A1 Teresa Carneiro
A1 Dina Luis
A1 António Gomes
YR 2017
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2017/bcr-2017-219881.abstract
AB The authors present a rare case of perforated duodenal diverticulum diagnosed in an 80-year-old Caucasian woman with vomiting and abdominal pain localised to the epigastrium. CT scan showed thickening of the second portion of the duodenum with retroperitoneal fat stranding and perihepatic free fluid, with a presumptive diagnosis of a duodenal perforation. A laparotomy was performed which showed a perforated diverticulum in the second portion of the duodenum. A diverticulectomy with single-layer closure was performed, without complications. The postoperative course was uneventful.