Abstract:Transverse colon diverticulitis is a rare entity, described for the first time in 1944 by Thompson and Fox. Even more uncommon if presented with diverticular perforation of the colon. When ranking diverticula distribution by their anatomical location site, it has been set up that transverse colon is involved in an average of 10% of the cases, but diverticulitis or inflammation of these sacculations in this anatomical region only occurs in 0.5-2.5% of the cases. Female, 44 years old, who came to emergency room … Show more
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