Open AccessPerforated Diverticulitis Complicated by Pylephlebitis and Splenic Infarction
Author(s) -
Catarina Janicas,
David Campos-Correia,
Ana Paula Lemos Vasconcelos
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
gazeta médica/gazeta médica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2184-0628
pISSN - 2183-8135
DOI - 10.29315/gm.v8i2.434
Subject(s) - anorexia , malaise , diverticulitis , medicine , emergency department , abdominal pain , gastroenterology , general surgery , surgery , nursing
64-year-old male presented to our emergency department with a 6-day history of generalized malaise, worsened by left lower back pain and anorexia for the last 2 days. Other symptoms were denied, and analytical evaluation only showed leucocytosis and elevated C-reactive protein. […]