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Acute abdomen in third trimester of pregnancy—a rare case of perforated Meckel’s diverticulitis

Acute abdomen in pregnancy presents many diagnostic challenges. Non-specific symptoms, anatomical and physiological changes and diagnostic imaging limitations lead to diagnostic uncertainty and delayed diagnosis and treatment. Meckel’s diverticulitis in pregnancy is extremely rare with only 27 cases...

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Autores principales: Turco, Jennifer, Khalil, Ihab, Theophilus, Mary
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/PMC10493077/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37701448
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjad492
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Sumario:Acute abdomen in pregnancy presents many diagnostic challenges. Non-specific symptoms, anatomical and physiological changes and diagnostic imaging limitations lead to diagnostic uncertainty and delayed diagnosis and treatment. Meckel’s diverticulitis in pregnancy is extremely rare with only 27 cases reported in literature, only 11 of which are found to be perforated intraoperatively. We present a rare case of a patient in third trimester of pregnancy with perforated Meckel’s diverticulitis.