Foreign-body perforation of a jejunal diverticulum

1 September 1972

journal article
case report
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Surgery

Vol. 59 (9) , 744-745
https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.1800590918

Abstract

Perforation of a jejunal diverticulum is usually the result of inflammation. A second example of a much rarer cause of perforation due to a foreign body is described together with a brief review of the literature.

Keywords

FOREIGN BODY
RARER
BRIEF
JEJUNAL DIVERTICULUM
BODY PERFORATION
DIVERTICULUM PERFORATION

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