duodenal diverticulitis

Duodenal diverticulitis (plural diverticulitides) is a rare, inflammatory complication of duodenal diverticula.

Clinical presentation

While the vast majority of patients are asymptomatic, patients with diverticulitis usually present with epigastric pain, nausea and vomiting.

Radiographic features

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Treatment and prognosis

Conservative treatment is applied to patients who are clinically stable with no secondary peritonitis. Surgery is warranted only in complicated cases, with a high rate of complications as duodenal leak, fistula, and sepsis .

Complications

  • perforation of duodenal diverticulitis: rare and hard to diagnose by imaging in the setting of diverticulitis preoperatively 

Differential diagnosis

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