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Small bowel diverticula

MedGen UID:
120601
•Concept ID:
C0267498
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Diverticula of small intestine; Diverticulosis of small intestine
SNOMED CT: Diverticulosis of small intestine (8114009); Diverticula of small intestine (8114009)
 
HPO: HP:0002256

Conditions with this feature

Deafness-small bowel diverticulosis-neuropathy syndrome
MedGen UID:
347426
•Concept ID:
C1857338
•
Disease or Syndrome
Syndrome with characteristics of progressive sensorineural deafness, progressive sensory neuropathy and gastrointestinal abnormalities (progressive loss of gastric motility, small bowel diverticulosis). It has been described in five patients (three sisters in a family and two sisters born to consanguineous parents). This syndrome is transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait.
See: Condition Record
Deafness-small bowel diverticulosis-neuropathy syndrome

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Surgical treatment concepts for acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding.
Czymek R, Kempf A, Roblick UJ, Bader FG, Habermann J, Kujath P, Bruch HP, Fischer F
J Gastrointest Surg 2008 Dec;12(12):2212-20. Epub 2008 Jul 18 doi: 10.1007/s11605-008-0597-5. PMID: 18636299

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Jejunoileal diverticula: a broad spectrum of complications.
Bellio G, Kurihara H, Zago M, Tartaglia D, Chiarugi M, Coppola S, Biloslavo A, de Manzini N
ANZ J Surg 2020 Jul;90(7-8):1454-1458. Epub 2020 Jul 5 doi: 10.1111/ans.16128. PMID: 32627327
Acute Jejunoileal Diverticulitis: Multicenter Descriptive Study of 33 Patients.
Lebert P, Millet I, Ernst O, Boulay-Coletta I, Corno L, Taourel P, Zins M
AJR Am J Roentgenol 2018 Jun;210(6):1245-1251. Epub 2018 Apr 9 doi: 10.2214/AJR.17.18777. PMID: 29629799
Magnetic resonance enterography/enteroclysis in acquired small bowel diverticulitis and small bowel diverticulosis.
Mansoori B, Delaney CP, Willis JE, Paspulati RM, Ros PR, Schmid-Tannwald C, Herrmann KA
Eur Radiol 2016 Sep;26(9):2881-91. Epub 2015 Nov 23 doi: 10.1007/s00330-015-4098-0. PMID: 26597545
Clinical implications of small bowel diverticula.
Kouraklis G, Glinavou A, Mantas D, Kouskos E, Karatzas G
Isr Med Assoc J 2002 Jun;4(6):431-3. PMID: 12073416
Small-bowel diverticulosis: perceptions and reality.
Akhrass R, Yaffe MB, Fischer C, Ponsky J, Shuck JM
J Am Coll Surg 1997 Apr;184(4):383-8. PMID: 9100684

Diagnosis

Small Bowel Diverticulosis and COVID-19: Awareness Is the Key: A Case Series and Review of the Literature.
Bangeas P, Konstantinidis N, Chrisopoulou T, Karatzia D, Giakoustidis A, Papadopoulos VN
Medicina (Kaunas) 2024 Jan 29;60(2) doi: 10.3390/medicina60020229. PMID: 38399517Free PMC Article
Small bowel diverticula in elderly patients: a case report and review article.
Mansour M, Abboud Y, Bilal R, Seilin N, Alsuliman T, Mohamed FK
BMC Surg 2022 Mar 18;22(1):101. doi: 10.1186/s12893-022-01541-y. PMID: 35303837Free PMC Article
Small bowel diverticulosis: imaging appearances, complications, and pitfalls.
Lamb R, Kahlon A, Sukumar S, Layton B
Clin Radiol 2022 Apr;77(4):264-273. Epub 2022 Jan 7 doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2021.12.003. PMID: 35012738
Jejunoileal diverticula: a broad spectrum of complications.
Bellio G, Kurihara H, Zago M, Tartaglia D, Chiarugi M, Coppola S, Biloslavo A, de Manzini N
ANZ J Surg 2020 Jul;90(7-8):1454-1458. Epub 2020 Jul 5 doi: 10.1111/ans.16128. PMID: 32627327
Acquired diverticular disease of the jejunum and ileum: imaging features and pitfalls.
Lebert P, Ernst O, Zins M
Abdom Radiol (NY) 2019 May;44(5):1734-1743. doi: 10.1007/s00261-019-01928-1. PMID: 30758535

Therapy

Quality, clinical influence and tolerance of computed tomography enteroclysis in patients with suspected small bowel disease.
Moss A, Parrish FJ, Irving PM, Haines ML, Gibson PR
Intern Med J 2009 Nov;39(11):733-43. Epub 2008 Nov 11 doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2008.01843.x. PMID: 19220539
Dysphagia [corrected] due to solitary jejunal diverticulum after free jejunal transfer for reconstruction of the cervical oesophagus.
Cigna E, Ozkan O, Chen HC
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2006;59(8):874-7. Epub 2006 Feb 20 doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2005.11.015. PMID: 16876089
Nonsurgical management of acute jejunal diverticulitis: a review.
Novak JS, Tobias J, Barkin JS
Am J Gastroenterol 1997 Oct;92(10):1929-31. PMID: 9382070
Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction.
Hirsh EH, Brandenburg D, Hersh T, Brooks WS Jr
J Clin Gastroenterol 1981 Sep;3(3):247-54. doi: 10.1097/00004836-198109000-00008. PMID: 6793659

Prognosis

Multiple Small Bowel Diverticula Were an Unexpected Finding During Laparoscopic Enterectomy for Crohn's Disease.
Sotirova I, Gklavas A, Papalouka D, Gourtsoyianni S, Christodoulou D, Papaconstantinou I
Med Arch 2020 Apr;74(2):142-145. doi: 10.5455/medarh.2020.74.142-145. PMID: 32577058Free PMC Article
Mesenteric diverticuli as a reason of acute abdomen.
Skála M, Liška V, Třeška V
Rozhl Chir 2019 Winter;98(1):27-30. PMID: 30781964
Clinical predictors of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth by duodenal aspirate culture.
Choung RS, Ruff KC, Malhotra A, Herrick L, Locke GR 3rd, Harmsen WS, Zinsmeister AR, Talley NJ, Saito YA
Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2011 May;33(9):1059-67. Epub 2011 Mar 13 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2011.04625.x. PMID: 21395630
Jejunal diverticulosis: a potentially dangerous entity.
Lempinen M, Salmela K, Kemppainen E
Scand J Gastroenterol 2004 Sep;39(9):905-9. doi: 10.1080/00365520410006288. PMID: 15513392
Severe abdominal pain and thrombocytopenia--typical symptoms of occult jejunal diverticulum perforation?
Klee FE, Osswald BR, Wysocki S
J Gastroenterol 1997 Apr;32(2):246-50. doi: 10.1007/BF02936376. PMID: 9085176

Clinical prediction guides

Magnetic resonance enterography/enteroclysis in acquired small bowel diverticulitis and small bowel diverticulosis.
Mansoori B, Delaney CP, Willis JE, Paspulati RM, Ros PR, Schmid-Tannwald C, Herrmann KA
Eur Radiol 2016 Sep;26(9):2881-91. Epub 2015 Nov 23 doi: 10.1007/s00330-015-4098-0. PMID: 26597545
Clinical predictors of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth by duodenal aspirate culture.
Choung RS, Ruff KC, Malhotra A, Herrick L, Locke GR 3rd, Harmsen WS, Zinsmeister AR, Talley NJ, Saito YA
Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2011 May;33(9):1059-67. Epub 2011 Mar 13 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2011.04625.x. PMID: 21395630
Quality, clinical influence and tolerance of computed tomography enteroclysis in patients with suspected small bowel disease.
Moss A, Parrish FJ, Irving PM, Haines ML, Gibson PR
Intern Med J 2009 Nov;39(11):733-43. Epub 2008 Nov 11 doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2008.01843.x. PMID: 19220539
Jejunal diverticulosis: a potentially dangerous entity.
Lempinen M, Salmela K, Kemppainen E
Scand J Gastroenterol 2004 Sep;39(9):905-9. doi: 10.1080/00365520410006288. PMID: 15513392

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