A Rare Cause of Abdominal Pain in Adults: Meckel’s Diverticulitis
A 42-year-old man presented to the emergency room with complaints of periumbilical abdominal pain. A contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed mucosal thickening in the small bowel of the right abdomen. There was a fairly large small bowel diverticulum associated with this segment. Findings wer...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Karger Publishers
2018-11-01
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| Series: | Case Reports in Gastroenterology |
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| Online Access: | https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/494752 |
| Summary: | A 42-year-old man presented to the emergency room with complaints of periumbilical abdominal pain. A contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed mucosal thickening in the small bowel of the right abdomen. There was a fairly large small bowel diverticulum associated with this segment. Findings were suggestive of small bowel diverticulitis or possibly focal enteritis. A Meckel’s diverticulum scan was diagnostic of Meckel’s diverticulum. The patient was then immediately taken to the operating room for emergency laparotomy and was intra-operatively found to have a thickened Meckel’s diverticulitis with adjacent small bowel obstruction. Meckel’s diverticulectomy was performed in continuity with the adjacent inflamed small bowel. The patient had a stable postoperative course without any complications and was discharged within 10 days. At the 3-month follow-up, the patient was well and remained asymptomatic. |
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| ISSN: | 1662-0631 |