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Acute diverticulitis of the small bowel: CT findings

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We present the computed tomographic (CT) findings in two cases of small bowel diverticulitis, one affecting the jejunum and the other a Meckel's diverticulum. The main CT finding was that of a mass with an air–fluid collection in contiguity with small bowel loops.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel, IL

    G. Gayer & S. Apter

  2. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Sapir Medical Center, Israel, IL

    R. Zissin

  3. Department of Gastroenterology, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel, IL

    E. Shemesh

  4. Department of Surgery, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel, IL

    E. Heldenberg

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Received: 18 September 1998/Accepted: 2 December 1998

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Gayer, G., Zissin, R., Apter, S. et al. Acute diverticulitis of the small bowel: CT findings. Abdom Imaging 24, 452–455 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002619900538

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