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ACQUIRED DIVERTICULOSIS OF THE SMALL INTESTINE: CASE REPORTS AND LITERATURE REVIEW
Author(s) -
Englund Ray,
Jensen Michael
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1986.tb01820.x
Subject(s) - diverticulosis , medicine , gastroenterology , perforation , myenteric plexus , small intestine , general surgery , immunohistochemistry , materials science , punching , metallurgy
Eleven cases of small bowel diverticulosis are discussed. Four patients presented with perforation, five with other sympotms attributable to this condition and in two patients diverticulosis was considered an incidental finding. A review of the literature suggests that small bowel diverticulosis may be: (i)present in up to 1.3% of the population; (ii) associated with symptoms in approximately 50% of patients, and (iii) associated with acute surgical complications in 10% of patients. This may be a disorder of intestinal motility associated with colonic diverticulosis and related to other disorders of smooth muscle and myenteric plexus. Small bowel diverticulosis should not be regarded as a rare, incidental and inconsequential finding.