Meckel Diverticulum Causing Intestinal Volvulus [PDF]
Case Reports in Surgery, 2020 Intestinal volvulus is rare and responsible for upper bowel obstruction. They occur more frequently in a patient with abdominal surgery history. We report a case of small intestine volvulus on Meckel diverticulum, which occurred in a 21-year-old patient,
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Intussusception caused by an inverted Meckel diverticulum: a rare cause of small bowel obstruction in adults [PDF]
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2011 Adult intussusception due to Meckel s diverticulum is an uncommon cause of intestinal obstruction. However, the surgeon should still be suspicious of this condition since the non specific symptoms and the rarity of it make a preoperative diagnosis ...
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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 ...
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Wandering Meckel\u27s diverticulum on 99m technetium-pertechnetate scintigraphy: A diagnostic dilemma? [PDF]
, 2014 Meckel\u27s diverticulum (MD) is the most common gastrointestinal anomaly with heterotopic mucosa in 60% of cases. 99m technetium-pertechnetate scintigraphy is a sensitive tool for detection of MD containing heterotopic gastric mucosa.
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An unusual complication of Meckel's diverticulum: Littre's hernia
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2018 Meckel diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract. Any hernia sacs containing Meckel's diverticulum is called Littre's hernia.It was described for the first time in 1700 by Alexis Littre. The diagnosis is unlikely to
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Clinical diagnostic predictive score for Meckel diverticulum. [PDF]
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Perforated Meckel’s Diverticulum with Acute Appendicitis in an Infant [PDF]
The Annals of African Surgery, 2020 Meckel’s diverticulum occurs in approximately 2% of the population and is symptomatic in 16% of cases. In children, the most common presentation is intestinal obstruction due to intussusception.
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Radiologic Imaging in Meckel Diverticulum Complications
Journal of Medical Ultrasound, 2015 In 1809, Johann Friedrich Meckel the Younger described the most common congenital small bowel anomaly, which was named after him; however, the radiologic manifestations and interventional guidelines related to this entity are still limited to a few large-
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Perforated Meckel diverticulitis: Diagnostic challenges and surgical outcomes [PDF]
Radiology Case ReportsMeckel's diverticulum, a congenital anomaly of the omphalomesenteric duct, is a rare cause of acute abdomen and poses significant diagnostic challenges due to its variable presentation and complications such as perforation.
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Bleeding Meckel′s diverticulum diagnosed and treated by double-balloon enteroscopy [PDF]
Avicenna Journal of Medicine, 2012 Meckel′s diverticulum (MD) is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The diagnosis of symptomatic MD has been cumbersome.
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