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  • Title: [Solitary jejunal diverticulum with heterotopic gastric mucosa: diagnosis and management. A case report].
    Author: Jaime-Zavala M, Martínez-Ordaz JL, Blanco-Benavides R.
    Journal: Rev Gastroenterol Mex; 2002; 67(4):264-6. PubMed ID: 12653073.
    Abstract:
    INTRODUCTION: Diverticular disease of small bowel is an uncommon entity and may be the cause of vague abdominal symptoms generally an incidental finding that occasionally require surgical therapy for resolution. METHOD: We report a case of a patient with complicated solitary jejunal diverticulum with perforation and non-Meckelean heterotopic gastric tissue that required resection, and include a review of the literature of this association. CONCLUSION: Surgical treatment of diverticular disease of the small bowel is limited to symptomatic patients with non-response to medical therapy or who have some acute complications of same.
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