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A-20-year old male, with no significant medical history, presented with clinical features mimicking a perforated acute appendicitis. Because of features of peritonitis, a laparotomy was performed which showed a segment of small bowel with multiple large diverticula and mesenteric cysts. A segmental small bowel resection was performed. The patient made an uneventful recovery from surgery. Histology revealed features of a small bowel hamartoma.
1. Background The rarity of this lesion made the histological diagnosis a debatable issue. Histologically, the unusual appearance and the presence of the mixed vascular, lymphatic, smooth muscular, and adipose [...]