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Published on: October 29, 2014
Antimesenteric jejunal diverticulosis after a remote history of necrotising enterocolitis: a case report
Rosebel Monteiro1, Erica Schneble, Jeffrey Mino
1Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. monteir@ccf.org
Abstract:
Jejunal diverticulosis is a rare, acquired pathology of the small bowel. While most patients are asymptomatic, the condition is difficult to diagnose. It may present with chronic abdominal pain, diarrhoea, bloating and complications including malabsorption, diverticulitis, bleeding, intestinal obstruction or perforation. This is a case presentation of a 27-year-old woman with a history of necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) requiring surgical resection as a premature newborn who presented with recurrent abdominal pain and was found to have several small bowel diverticula intraoperatively. She underwent resection with complete resolution of symptoms over a 2-year follow-up. This is the first case report to suggest that small bowel diverticular disease as a long-term complication of NEC may result in chronic morbidity in long-term survivors.
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