case_images: PMC10861364_01
case_images: Contrast CT images of the abdomen and pelvis (a) coronal (b) cross-sectional views showing small bowel perforation with free air in the left upper quadrant (yellow arrows)
case_images: cureus-0016-00000052228-i01.jpg
case_images: PMC10861364_01_cureus-0016-00000052228-i01.jpg
case_images: FIG1
case_images: An abdominal contrast computed tomography (CT) scan showed multiple locules of free air within the small bowel mesentery in the left upper quadrant, with mesenteric fat stranding (Figure 1).
case_images: Surgical pictures (a) showing 1st & 2nd, (b) showing 3rd & 4th perforations of jejunal diverticulae (yellow arrows)
case_images: cureus-0016-00000052228-i02.jpg
case_images: PMC10861364_01_cureus-0016-00000052228-i02.jpg
case_images: FIG2
case_images: At surgery, multiple (four) large perforated diverticulae were identified along the proximal jejunum, with associated inter-loop abscesses (Figure 2).