Perforated Diverticulitis Complicated by Pylephlebitis and Splenic Infarction

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Catarina Janicas - Corresponding Author

Catarina do Carmo Janicas [ccjanicas@hotmail.com]
Estrada Forte do Alto Duque, 1449-005 Lisboa, Portugal
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3989-0931

David Campos-Correia
Ana Paula Vasconcelos

Abstract

64-year-old male presented to our emergency department with a 6-day history of generalized malaise, worsened by left lower back pain and anorexia for the last 2 days. Other symptoms were denied, and analytical evaluation only showed leucocytosis and elevated C-reactive protein. […]

Keywords: Diverticulitis; Splenic Infarction; Thrombophlebitis; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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Janicas C, Campos-Correia D, Vasconcelos AP. Perforated Diverticulitis Complicated by Pylephlebitis and Splenic Infarction. Gaz Med [Internet]. 2021 Jun. 30 [cited 2024 Nov. 29];8(2). Available from: http://gazetamedica.gazetamedica.pt/index.php/gazeta/article/view/434
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