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Gut 2021 Mar 11. Epub 2021 Mar 11.

Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Leuven University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Flanders, Belgium

J Surg Case Rep 2021 Jan 31;2021(1):rjaa587. Epub 2021 Jan 31.

Department of Surgery, Wexford General Hospital, Newtown Rd, Carricklawn, Wexford Y35 Y175, Ireland.

Jejunal diverticulosis is a rare phenomenon often identified either incidentally on imaging or intra-operatively. Complications of jejunal diverticulosis are associated with high rates of mortality. For this reason, it remains important that this pathology is considered amongst differentials for an acute abdomen. Read More

Medicina (Kaunas) 2021 Jan 28;57(2). Epub 2021 Jan 28.

Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Medical University of Silesia, 40-752 Katowice, Poland.

: Jejunal diverticulosis and jejunal lipomatosis are uncommon conditions. Usually asymptomatic, they may cause severe complications in some cases. Intussusception is unusual in adults, but when diagnosed swiftly it can be treated surgically, usually with good outcome. Read More

Case Rep Gastroenterol 2020 Sep-Dec;14(3):598-603. Epub 2020 Nov 4.

General Surgery Department, Aurelia Hospital, Rome, Italy.

Non-Meckel small intestine diverticular disease is a rare and mostly asymptomatic condition. However, rare cases of acute and emergent complications bear a high mortality rate. We report a case of a 91-year-old male that presented with an acute abdomen due to perforated jejunal diverticulitis. Read More

J Surg Case Rep 2020 Nov 28;2020(11):rjaa472. Epub 2020 Nov 28.

Department of General Surgery, Al Zahraa Hospital University Medical Center (ZHUMC), Jnah, Beirut 1103, Lebanon.

Jejunal diverticula (JD) are a rare medical entity. They are often unnoticed, until complications occur. We report herein three cases of such diverticula, analyzed retrospectively, and depicting some of these complications: small bowel obstruction due to enterolith in a giant diverticulum treated surgically, incidental intraoperative finding on an anastomotic jejunal limb affecting the surgical plan and diverticulitis with anemia. Read More