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...

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Main Authors:	Hamdi Ebdewi, Amar M. Eltweri, Yahya Salama, Neshtman Gorgees, Leena Naidu, David J. Bowrey
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:	Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/970457

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spelling	doaj-3a04dab5b40c4ad7b0011f91130788e62020-11-24T22:26:31ZengHindawi LimitedCase 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
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title	Small Bowel Hamartoma: A Huge Diverticulum of Small Bowel
title_short	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
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publisher	Hindawi Limited
series	Case Reports in Medicine
issn	1687-9627 1687-9635
publishDate	2013-01-01
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.
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Small Bowel Hamartoma: A Huge Diverticulum of Small Bowel

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