Catastrophic Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Always Consider Meckel's Diverticulum.
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Journal
European journal of case reports in internal medicine
ISSN: 2284-2594
Titre abrégé: Eur J Case Rep Intern Med
Pays: Italy
ID NLM: 101648453
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2019
2019
Historique:
received:
21
07
2019
accepted:
22
09
2019
entrez:
2
1
2020
pubmed:
2
1
2020
medline:
2
1
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Meckel's diverticulum, a congenital malformation of the gastrointestinal tract, is asymptomatic in the majority of patients but can be associated with some complications. Gastrointestinal bleeding is one such complication and is more common in children than in adults. Despite the variety of examinations available, diagnosis can be difficult, especially in older patients, because the sensitivity of examinations decreases with patient age. Here we present the case of a young man with gastrointestinal bleeding in whom a diagnosis of Meckel's diverticulum was made intra-operatively. Meckel's diverticulum is more commonly found in children than in adults and can cause gastrointestinal bleeding.The diagnosis of Meckel's diverticulum can be complicated, especially in adults because the sensitivity of examinations decreases with patient age.Despite appropriate diagnostic evaluation, Meckel's diverticulum is sometimes only diagnosed at surgery.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31893196
doi: 10.12890/2019_001224
pii: 1224-1-10116-1-10-20191120
pmc: PMC6936918
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
001224Informations de copyright
© EFIM 2019.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflicts of Interests: The Authors declare that there are no competing interest
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