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Paraskeuas Mitragkas1, Eirini Synekidou1, Konstantinos Hatzimisios1
1General Hospital of Kozani, Kozani, Greece.
Folia Medica
|March 6, 2023
Abstract:
Duodenum is the second most common site for diverticula formation. Duodenal diverticula (DD) are asymptomatic incidental findings and their complications are rare. The rarest and most severe complication is DD perforation. Until 2012, only 162 cases of DD perforation were reported in the world literature.
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