Aetiology of localised peritonitis
Localised peritonitis can be caused by:
- transmural bowel inflammation, e.g. appendicitis, diverticulitis, Crohn's disease
- transmural inflammation of other viscera, e.g. salpingitis, cholecystitis
- transmural ischaemia, e.g. ischaemic bowel obstruction - strangulating hernia
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