A rare trouble in the small bowel
A 69-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with acute lower abdominal pain, peritonism and fever (body temperature 38.5 °C). Her past medical history was unremarkable. Laboratory tests revealed an increase of white blood cells (18.17 x 109/L; normal values 3.6-10.5 x 109/L), neutrophils (16.05 x 109/L; normal values 1.5-7.7 x 109/L), C-reactive protein (31.79 mg/dL; normal values < 0.5 mg/dL) and lactate dehydrogenase (315 U/L; normal values < 248 U/L) levels. Abdominal contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) scan showed a large outpouching filled by fecaloid material on the mesenteric side of a jejunal loop in the left lumbar region with stranding of adjacent fat (red arrow).
Authors
- Ludovica Lotrecchiano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2101-2743)
- Mollie Capone
- Massimo Barakat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4851-9955)
Institutions
- Azienda USL di Bologna (IT)
- University of Bologna (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Emergency Care Journal
- Published
- 2025-12-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2025.14621
- Primary Topic
- Biliary and Gastrointestinal Fistulas
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00