Diagnostic Challenges and Management of Blunt Traumatic Duodenal Diverticulum Perforation: A Systematic Review

Maciej Rybicki, Bartłomiej Białas, Karol Kamil Kłosiński, Zbigniew Włodzimierz Pasieka, Bartosz Marek Czyżewski, Piotr Tomasz Arkuszewski · 2026

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Maciej Rybicki and colleagues review a rare injury: a torn duodenal diverticulum after blunt trauma. The duodenum can hide a small pouch that bursts when the abdomen is struck, with vague symptoms delaying diagnosis. Their 2026 systematic review gathers every confirmed case reported since nineteen sixty.

Just twenty-one cases qualified, mostly from road crashes and falls from height. Pain was nearly universal, and CT scans caught the perforation in every patient scanned. Surgeons removed the pouch in almost all cases, usually with drainage. Four patients died, underlining why the authors urge early scanning and prompt surgery.

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CREATORMaciej Rybicki, Bartłomiej Białas, Karol Kamil Kłosiński, Zbigniew Włodzimierz Pasieka, Bartosz Marek Czyżewski, Piotr Tomasz Arkuszewski
YEAR2026
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE46 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC13258038

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