Meckel's diverticulum penetrating the mesentery causing hemoperitoneum

Meckel's diverticulum penetrating the mesentery causing hemoperitoneum

Meckel's diverticula are common congenital gastrointestinal malformations that most often present with bloody stool or bowel obstruction in children.Herein, we report a rare case of a 5-year old boy who presented hemoperitoneum with mild abdominal pain and without bloody stool. Upon performing...

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Main Authors: Tadashi Hatakeyama, Yuichi Okata, Yuko Bitoh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-05-01
Series:Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576620300543
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spelling doaj-57b5a1466cef43adbbf2187ff42908772020-11-25T02:09:54ZengElsevierJournal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports2213-57662020-05-0156Meckel's diverticulum penetrating the mesentery causing hemoperitoneumTadashi Hatakeyama0Yuichi Okata1Yuko Bitoh2Department of Pediatric Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Society Himeji Hospital, Himeji, Japan; Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, JapanDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Society Himeji Hospital, Himeji, Japan; Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan; Corresponding author. Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan.Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, JapanMeckel's diverticula are common congenital gastrointestinal malformations that most often present with bloody stool or bowel obstruction in children.Herein, we report a rare case of a 5-year old boy who presented hemoperitoneum with mild abdominal pain and without bloody stool. Upon performing an exploratory laparotomy, Meckel's diverticulum penetrating to mesentery and caused hemoperitoneum bleeding from branch of mesenteric artery. Keywords: Meckel's diverticulum, Hemoperitoneum, Perforationhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576620300543
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Meckel's diverticulum penetrating the mesentery causing hemoperitoneum
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
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title Meckel's diverticulum penetrating the mesentery causing hemoperitoneum
title_short Meckel's diverticulum penetrating the mesentery causing hemoperitoneum
title_full Meckel's diverticulum penetrating the mesentery causing hemoperitoneum
title_fullStr Meckel's diverticulum penetrating the mesentery causing hemoperitoneum
title_full_unstemmed Meckel's diverticulum penetrating the mesentery causing hemoperitoneum
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publisher Elsevier
series Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
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publishDate 2020-05-01
description Meckel's diverticula are common congenital gastrointestinal malformations that most often present with bloody stool or bowel obstruction in children.Herein, we report a rare case of a 5-year old boy who presented hemoperitoneum with mild abdominal pain and without bloody stool. Upon performing an exploratory laparotomy, Meckel's diverticulum penetrating to mesentery and caused hemoperitoneum bleeding from branch of mesenteric artery. Keywords: Meckel's diverticulum, Hemoperitoneum, Perforation
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