Il Giornale di chirurgia
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Il Giornale di chirurgia · May 1991
Case Reports[A rare cause of acute abdomen: perforation of cecal diverticulum].
The Authors, after a brief review of the literature on the frequency and localization of large bowel diverticular disease report a case of perforation of a cecal diverticulum operated on emergency. They also add some brief comments on the interesting aspects of the case, its diagnostic difficulties and operating technique.