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.
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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.
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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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Infantile hemangioma presenting as colocolic intussusception in an infant case report with review of pathologic lead points [PDF]
, 2018 Infantile hemangioma (IH) is one of the most common vascular anomalies of early childhood and is usually recognized in the first few weeks to months of life as a solitary cutaneous lesion.
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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.
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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.
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Ileal obstruction from Meckel's diverticulum in a neonate: A case report and review of literature
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2015 Meckel's diverticulum is the most common of the omphalomesenteric duct anomalies encountered in clinical practice. It may present with a wide variety of symptoms. Presentation in the neonatal period is very rare.
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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.
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Perforation of Meckel's diverticulum caused by a chicken bone: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2009 Introduction Meckel's diverticulum represents a true diverticulum of the ileum containing all three layers of the bowel wall and is found on the wall of the distal ileum, usually about 2 feet from the ileocaecal valve. Although Meckel's diverticulum is a
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Meckel's diverticulum: Unusual cause of significant bleeding in an adult male
Radiology Case Reports, 2023 Meckel's diverticulum is a common congenital gastrointestinal malformation affecting 2% of the general population. Most affected patients are asymptomatic, and excessive bleeding causing a significant drop in hemoglobin count is an uncommon complication ...
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