Giant colonic diverticulum—a rare cause of acute abdomen
| Autor: | Athanasios Syllaios, Anastasia Papakonstantinou, Antonios Koutras, Evangelia Triantafyllou, Dimitra Daskalopoulou, Nikolaos Bourganos, Christos Georgiou |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Abdominal pain
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Perforation (oil well) food and beverages Case Report medicine.disease digestive system diseases Diverticulosis Volvulus 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Acute abdomen 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis medicine Diverticular disease 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Surgery Radiology medicine.symptom Abscess business Diverticulum |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Surgical Case Reports |
| ISSN: | 2042-8812 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/jscr/rjy009 |
| Popis: | Giant colonic diverticulum (GCD), defined as diverticulum larger than 4 cm, is a rare entity. It is generally a manifestation of colonic diverticular disease and can have dramatic complications such as perforation, abscess, volvulus, infarction and adenocarcinoma. This report documents the case of a 63-year-old man coming to the Emergency Department with acute abdomen due to a perforation of a GCD. In the plain abdominal X-ray the ‘Balloon-sign’ was revealed, computed tomography scan and Hartmann’s procedure were performed. Acute abdomen can occur as a manifestation of a complication of a GCD, and this report highlights the fact that GCD should be considered for patients with a high risk of diverticular disease and abdominal pain. |
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