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A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE FROM JULY 1943 TO JUNE 1944

WALTER LINCOLN PALMER, M.D.; DAVID S. HARMAN, M.D.; WILLIAM E. RICKETTS, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1945;75(5):341-356.

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DUODENUM

Diverticula.

—Warren and Emery²³⁷ review the literature on duodenal diverticula and report a study of 103 cases. No typical symptomatology was found. Diverticula in the first portion of the duodenum are usually of the false type, pockets associated in most instances with duodenal ulcer; those in the second portion are usually a true herniation of the mucosa through the muscular wall, a fair number of these containing inclusions of pancreatic tissue. In 4 of the cases there was evidence of inflammation within the sac. In a fifth case the diverticulum was surrounded by a phlegmonous inflammation; the patient died of a purulent meningitis, hepatitis and endocarditis, but the pathologist was unable to determine the relationship between these infections and the diverticulum. Pearse discusses²³⁸ the indications for operation and describes a technic for the removal of peri-Vaterian diverticula.

Obstruction.

—Morlock and Gray²³⁹ report . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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