[Intestinal infection caused by Yersinia enterocolitica with abscess of the ileocecal valve and ileal perforation. Description of a clinical case].

The paper reviews past published work and evaluates various clinical aspects and surgical complications relating to the pathology of Yersinia enterocolitica, an increasingly frequent non-pathognomonic enteric infection in the western world. Despite this only ten instances have been documented of surgical complications arising from abscess and perforation of the intestinal wall requiring laparotomic intervention. It is concluded that, in any case of acute pathology of the right hand ileum cavity it would seem essential to undertake a more precise diagnosis so as to separate inflammatory or neoplastic pathologies of the intestine and mesentery from yersiniosis. This would allow more appropriate surgical and therapeutic treatment.