Small Bowel Hamartoma: A Huge Diverticulum of Small Bowel
A-20-year old male, with no significant medical history, presented with clinical features mimicking a perforated acute appendicitis. Because of features of peritonitis, a laparotomy was performed which showed a segment of small bowel with multiple large diverticula and mesenteric cysts. A segmental...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Wiley
2013-01-01
|
| Series: | Case Reports in Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/970457 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1832553251411591168 |
|---|---|
| author | Hamdi Ebdewi Amar M. Eltweri Yahya Salama Neshtman Gorgees Leena Naidu David J. Bowrey |
| author_facet | Hamdi Ebdewi Amar M. Eltweri Yahya Salama Neshtman Gorgees Leena Naidu David J. Bowrey |
| author_sort | Hamdi Ebdewi |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | A-20-year old male, with no significant medical history, presented with clinical features mimicking a perforated acute appendicitis. Because of features of peritonitis, a laparotomy was performed which showed a segment of small bowel with multiple large diverticula and mesenteric cysts. A segmental small bowel resection was performed. The patient made an uneventful recovery from surgery. Histology revealed features of a small bowel hamartoma. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-3a04dab5b40c4ad7b0011f91130788e6 |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 1687-9627 1687-9635 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2013-01-01 |
| publisher | Wiley |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Case Reports in Medicine |
| spelling | doaj-art-3a04dab5b40c4ad7b0011f91130788e62025-02-03T05:54:29ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352013-01-01201310.1155/2013/970457970457Small Bowel Hamartoma: A Huge Diverticulum of Small BowelHamdi Ebdewi0Amar M. Eltweri1Yahya Salama2Neshtman Gorgees3Leena Naidu4David J. Bowrey5Department of General Surgery, Kettering General Hospital, Kettering NN16 8UZ, UKDepartment of UGI Surgery, University Hospital of Leicester, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, UKDepartment of General Surgery, Kettering General Hospital, Kettering NN16 8UZ, UKDepartment of Histopathology, Kettering General Hospital, Kettering NN16 8UZ, UKDepartment of Radiology, Kettering General Hospital, Kettering NN16 8UZ, UKDepartment of UGI Surgery, University Hospital of Leicester, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, UKA-20-year old male, with no significant medical history, presented with clinical features mimicking a perforated acute appendicitis. Because of features of peritonitis, a laparotomy was performed which showed a segment of small bowel with multiple large diverticula and mesenteric cysts. A segmental small bowel resection was performed. The patient made an uneventful recovery from surgery. Histology revealed features of a small bowel hamartoma.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/970457 |
| spellingShingle | Hamdi Ebdewi Amar M. Eltweri Yahya Salama Neshtman Gorgees Leena Naidu David J. Bowrey Small Bowel Hamartoma: A Huge Diverticulum of Small Bowel Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Small Bowel Hamartoma: A Huge Diverticulum of Small Bowel |
| title_full | Small Bowel Hamartoma: A Huge Diverticulum of Small Bowel |
| title_fullStr | Small Bowel Hamartoma: A Huge Diverticulum of Small Bowel |
| title_full_unstemmed | Small Bowel Hamartoma: A Huge Diverticulum of Small Bowel |
| title_short | Small Bowel Hamartoma: A Huge Diverticulum of Small Bowel |
| title_sort | small bowel hamartoma a huge diverticulum of small bowel |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/970457 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT hamdiebdewi smallbowelhamartomaahugediverticulumofsmallbowel AT amarmeltweri smallbowelhamartomaahugediverticulumofsmallbowel AT yahyasalama smallbowelhamartomaahugediverticulumofsmallbowel AT neshtmangorgees smallbowelhamartomaahugediverticulumofsmallbowel AT leenanaidu smallbowelhamartomaahugediverticulumofsmallbowel AT davidjbowrey smallbowelhamartomaahugediverticulumofsmallbowel |