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Jacques G Eastment1, Nick Butler1, Kellee Slater1
1Surgery, University of Queensland, Brisbane, AUS.
Abstract:
A 56-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a one-day history of lower abdominal pain and fever. Clinical examination revealed generalized peritonitis. A computed tomography (CT) scan identified a linear hyperdensity straddling the site of a perforated sigmoid diverticulum. The patient proceeded to emergency laparotomy, which confirmed feculent peritonitis secondary to chicken bone perforation through the sigmoid colon diverticulum. After removal of the bone, Hartmann's procedure was performed, and the patient subsequently made an excellent recovery.
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