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 ==Mechanical small bowel perforation==
-===General===
+:See ''[[mechanical bowel perforation]]''.
-*Uncommon.
-Causes:
-*Iatrogenic, i.e. complication of a surgery.
-**Typically elderly.
-*Trauma, e.g. [[gunshot wound]], [[sharp force trauma]].
-**Typically younger people that were "minding their own business".
-===Gross===
-*Fibrinous exudate.
-*Bowel wall thickening, focal.
-*Perforation - may or may not be obvious.
-===Microscopic===
-Features:
-*Microabscess formation - esp. at serosal aspect.
-*[[Serositis]].
-DDx:
-*Malignancy:
-**[[Signet ring cell carcinoma]].
-**Metastatic carcinoma.
-*Other causes of [[small bowel obstruction]].
 ==Ileal nodular lymphoid hyperplasia==