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Double trouble: concomitant Meckel’s diverticulitis and acute appendicitis

Although Meckel’s diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly of the small bowel (2% prevalence worldwide), it rarely causes symptoms, with only 4% of those with the anomaly developing any complications, including Meckel’s diverticulitis. In contrast to this, appendicitis is the most common g...

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Autores principales: McKellar Stewart, Kate, Lee, Jessica, De Robles, Marie Shella
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10431297/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37593191
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjad465
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description Although Meckel’s diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly of the small bowel (2% prevalence worldwide), it rarely causes symptoms, with only 4% of those with the anomaly developing any complications, including Meckel’s diverticulitis. In contrast to this, appendicitis is the most common general surgical emergency, with a lifetime incidence of 6.7–8.6%. Therefore, the case of a man presenting with right-sided abdominal pain to an Emergency Department with both Meckel’s diverticulitis and appendicitis is rare. This case study illustrates the importance of careful assessment of the entire abdomen when operating on patients with right-sided abdominal pain, so as not to miss Meckel’s diverticulitis even when appendicitis has already been found.
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spelling pubmed-104312972023-08-17 Double trouble: concomitant Meckel’s diverticulitis and acute appendicitis McKellar Stewart, Kate Lee, Jessica De Robles, Marie Shella J Surg Case Rep Case Report Although Meckel’s diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly of the small bowel (2% prevalence worldwide), it rarely causes symptoms, with only 4% of those with the anomaly developing any complications, including Meckel’s diverticulitis. In contrast to this, appendicitis is the most common general surgical emergency, with a lifetime incidence of 6.7–8.6%. Therefore, the case of a man presenting with right-sided abdominal pain to an Emergency Department with both Meckel’s diverticulitis and appendicitis is rare. This case study illustrates the importance of careful assessment of the entire abdomen when operating on patients with right-sided abdominal pain, so as not to miss Meckel’s diverticulitis even when appendicitis has already been found. Oxford University Press 2023-08-14 /pmc/articles/PMC10431297/ /pubmed/37593191 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjad465 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. © The Author(s) 2023. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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title_full Double trouble: concomitant Meckel’s diverticulitis and acute appendicitis
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