Jejunal Diverticulitis: A Rare Cause of Left Lower Quadrant Pain

A 48-year-old female patient presented to the emergency department with increasing abdominal pain in the left hemi-abdomen, nausea and fever for two days. Clinical examination revealed mild rebound tenderness in the left lower quadrant. Laboratory tests showed leukocytosis and a raised C-Reactive Protein level. A CT-scan with oral, rectal and intravenous contrast was performed showing 2 jejunal diverticula (arrows in Fig. A & B) with important infiltration of the surrounding mesenteric fat (curved arrow in Fig. A & B) and wall thickening of the affected jejunal limb (arrow in Fig. C). The diagnosis of acute jejunal diverticulitis was made.