Perforated Diverticulitis Complicated by Pylephlebitis and Splenic Infarction

Catarina Janicas; David Campos-Correia; Ana Paula Vasconcelos

doi:10.29315/gm.v8i2.434

Catarina Janicas - Corresponding Author

Interno de Formação Específica de Radiologia, Serviço de Radiologia, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Lisboa, Portugal.

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

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3989-0931

David Campos-Correia

Interno de Formação Específica de Radiologia, Serviço de Radiologia, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Lisboa, Portugal.

Ana Paula Vasconcelos

Assistente Hospitalar Graduado de Radiologia, Serviço de Radiologia, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Lisboa, Portugal.

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 2025 Feb. 24];8(2). Available from: https://gazetamedica.pt/index.php/gazeta/article/view/434

Issue

NUMBER 2 · VOLUME 8 · APRIL/JUNE 2021

Section

MEDICAL IMAGES