[A rare case of Meckel's diverticulum perforation]

Minerva Chir. 1995 Jun;50(6):587-9.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

Meckel's diverticulum is a pathology not rarely found everyday clinical medicine especially when it present with one of its complications. The specific diagnosis is a bit difficult to put because of the low sensibility and specificity of symptoms of diagnostic and instrumental techniques used. The reported case shows a rare type of complication constituted by the phlogosis of Meckel's diverticulum, itself due to an extraneous thing ingested by the patient. The authors discuss the entity of the manifestations of this pathology and highlight every aspects.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Appendectomy
  • Appendicitis / diagnosis
  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diverticulitis / complications
  • Diverticulitis / etiology
  • Diverticulitis / surgery
  • Female
  • Foreign Bodies / complications
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Ileal Diseases / diagnosis
  • Ileal Diseases / etiology
  • Ileal Diseases / surgery*
  • Intestinal Perforation / diagnosis
  • Intestinal Perforation / etiology
  • Intestinal Perforation / surgery*
  • Meckel Diverticulum / complications*
  • Meckel Diverticulum / diagnosis
  • Meckel Diverticulum / surgery