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MECKEL'S DIVERTICULUM – REVISITED [PDF]
Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 1997 Twenty five cases of Meckel's diverticulum were studied between 1985-1995. Eight of these were symptomatic and in the remaining 17 it was an incidental finding. The symptomatic patients presented with intestinal obstruction (5 cases), perforated peritonitis (2 cases) and intussusception (1 case). All cases of acute appendicitis were also subjected to a
H S, Bindra, S V, Soman, A K, Srivastava
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Small Bowel Obstruction due to Mesodiverticular Band of Meckel's Diverticulum: A Case Report
Case Reports in Medicine, 2010 Meckel's diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly of the small intestine. Common complications related to a Meckel's diverticulum include haemorrhage, intestinal obstruction, and inflammation.
Aziz Sumer +7 more
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Bulletin of the National Research Centre, 2021 Background Meckel’s diverticulum is the most frequent congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract. It can invert or invaginate into the small intestine lumen. It is usually associated with heterotopic tissue elements.
Mahmoud Kamel +3 more
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Perforated Meckel diverticulum [PDF]
International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2010 Perforation of a Meckel diverticulum (MD) is a rare complication that can often mimic appendicitis. This case report identifies a child who presented to our Emergency Department (ED) with right lower quadrant abdominal pain, free fluid and air in the abdomen and pelvis, and inflammatory changes visualized on Ultrasonography (US) and computer tomography
Kloss, Brian T. +2 more
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, 2004 Littré's hernia is an extremely rare surgical event. It is characterized by the presence of Meckel's diverticulum in the hernial sack. The authors report one case of Littré's hernia in a 42 year-old male who had the diagnosis accomplished in the ...
Goldenberg, Alberto +2 more
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Encountering Meckel's diverticulum in emergency surgery for ascaridial intestinal obstruction
World Journal of Emergency Surgery, 2010 Background Meckel's diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract. In children with intestinal ascariasis, the diverticulum remains asymptomatic or rarely the Ascaris lumbricoides may lead to its complications in the ...
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Small bowel obstruction secondary to intussusception due to double Meckel's diverticulum in an adult: a case report [PDF]
, 2023 Meckel's diverticulum (MD) is a normal variant in 2% of the population, it contains all the layers of the small intestine and is considered a true diverticulum.
Godínez, Juan P. García +2 more
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Embolization of a Life-Threatening Hemorrhage from Meckel's Diverticulum in an Adult
대한영상의학회지, 2017 Hemorrhage from Meckel’s diverticulum is very rare in adults. However, it should not be overlooked as a possible cause of gastrointestinal bleeding, since hemorrhage from Meckel’s diverticulum can be acute and massive.
Chang Rae Kim +3 more
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Button battery lodged in Meckel's diverticulum
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2018 Meckel's diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract. It is relatively uncommon, however, for patients to become symptomatic and rarer still for foreign bodies to become lodged within a Meckel's diverticulum.
Benjamin A. Farber +7 more
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Mesenteric Meckel's diverticulum in a 17 month old female
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2021 Meckel's diverticulum is a common gastrointestinal anomaly that is a remnant of the omphalomesenteric duct which typically remains on the antimesenteric border of the small intestine.
Paige Koetter +2 more
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