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Meckel’s Diverticulum Causing a Small Bowel Obstruction in an 80-Year-Old Male: Report of a Rare Case and Review of the Literature
Meckel’s diverticulum (MD) is the most common congenital malformation occurring in the gastrointestinal tract and results from the persistence of the vitelline duct during embryology. MD is typically asymptomatic in adults with most of its symptoms manifesting in early childhood. Small bowel obstruc...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10083072/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37041910 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.35990 |
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author | Zaatar, Johnny Ghattas, Souad Al Bitar, Jad Wakim, Raja |
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description | Meckel’s diverticulum (MD) is the most common congenital malformation occurring in the gastrointestinal tract and results from the persistence of the vitelline duct during embryology. MD is typically asymptomatic in adults with most of its symptoms manifesting in early childhood. Small bowel obstruction (SBO) due to MD in the elderly population is an entity that has not been widely described in the literature. We present a very rare case of SBO in an 80-year-old patient with no previous abdominal surgeries (virgin abdomen). The cause of obstruction was determined to be an adhesive band formed on top of an MD. The obstruction was relieved and the small bowel segment that contained the diverticulum was resected, and anastomosis was made. |
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spelling | pubmed-100830722023-04-10 Meckel’s Diverticulum Causing a Small Bowel Obstruction in an 80-Year-Old Male: Report of a Rare Case and Review of the Literature Zaatar, Johnny Ghattas, Souad Al Bitar, Jad Wakim, Raja Cureus Gastroenterology Meckel’s diverticulum (MD) is the most common congenital malformation occurring in the gastrointestinal tract and results from the persistence of the vitelline duct during embryology. MD is typically asymptomatic in adults with most of its symptoms manifesting in early childhood. Small bowel obstruction (SBO) due to MD in the elderly population is an entity that has not been widely described in the literature. We present a very rare case of SBO in an 80-year-old patient with no previous abdominal surgeries (virgin abdomen). The cause of obstruction was determined to be an adhesive band formed on top of an MD. The obstruction was relieved and the small bowel segment that contained the diverticulum was resected, and anastomosis was made. Cureus 2023-03-10 /pmc/articles/PMC10083072/ /pubmed/37041910 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.35990 Text en Copyright © 2023, Zaatar et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Gastroenterology Zaatar, Johnny Ghattas, Souad Al Bitar, Jad Wakim, Raja Meckel’s Diverticulum Causing a Small Bowel Obstruction in an 80-Year-Old Male: Report of a Rare Case and Review of the Literature |
title | Meckel’s Diverticulum Causing a Small Bowel Obstruction in an 80-Year-Old Male: Report of a Rare Case and Review of the Literature |
title_full | Meckel’s Diverticulum Causing a Small Bowel Obstruction in an 80-Year-Old Male: Report of a Rare Case and Review of the Literature |
title_fullStr | Meckel’s Diverticulum Causing a Small Bowel Obstruction in an 80-Year-Old Male: Report of a Rare Case and Review of the Literature |
title_full_unstemmed | Meckel’s Diverticulum Causing a Small Bowel Obstruction in an 80-Year-Old Male: Report of a Rare Case and Review of the Literature |
title_short | Meckel’s Diverticulum Causing a Small Bowel Obstruction in an 80-Year-Old Male: Report of a Rare Case and Review of the Literature |
title_sort | meckel’s diverticulum causing a small bowel obstruction in an 80-year-old male: report of a rare case and review of the literature |
topic | Gastroenterology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10083072/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37041910 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.35990 |
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