Inflamed Meckel’s diverticulum secondary to a giant faecalith: a rare presentation of acute abdominal pain in an adult

Meckel’s diverticulae can present with symptoms and signs mimicking acute appendicitis. We present the case of a healthy 35-year old male who was suspected of having acute appendicitis but at operation was found to have an inflamed Meckel’s diverticulum containing a giant faecalith, which had caused...

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Autores principales: Ablett, DJ, Jayatilaka, L, Rainey, JB
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: JSCR Publishing Ltd 2010
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Upper GI Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3649180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24945846
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/2010.10.9
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description Meckel’s diverticulae can present with symptoms and signs mimicking acute appendicitis. We present the case of a healthy 35-year old male who was suspected of having acute appendicitis but at operation was found to have an inflamed Meckel’s diverticulum containing a giant faecalith, which had caused ischaemic necrosis due to a pressure effect. Post-operatively the patient admitted to a year of recurrent bouts of severe colicky abdominal pain, when running.
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spelling pubmed-36491802013-05-14 Inflamed Meckel’s diverticulum secondary to a giant faecalith: a rare presentation of acute abdominal pain in an adult Ablett, DJ Jayatilaka, L Rainey, JB J Surg Case Rep Upper GI Surgery Meckel’s diverticulae can present with symptoms and signs mimicking acute appendicitis. We present the case of a healthy 35-year old male who was suspected of having acute appendicitis but at operation was found to have an inflamed Meckel’s diverticulum containing a giant faecalith, which had caused ischaemic necrosis due to a pressure effect. Post-operatively the patient admitted to a year of recurrent bouts of severe colicky abdominal pain, when running. JSCR Publishing Ltd 2010-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3649180/ /pubmed/24945846 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/2010.10.9 Text en © JSCR
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Ablett, DJ
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Rainey, JB
Inflamed Meckel’s diverticulum secondary to a giant faecalith: a rare presentation of acute abdominal pain in an adult
title Inflamed Meckel’s diverticulum secondary to a giant faecalith: a rare presentation of acute abdominal pain in an adult
title_full Inflamed Meckel’s diverticulum secondary to a giant faecalith: a rare presentation of acute abdominal pain in an adult
title_fullStr Inflamed Meckel’s diverticulum secondary to a giant faecalith: a rare presentation of acute abdominal pain in an adult
title_full_unstemmed Inflamed Meckel’s diverticulum secondary to a giant faecalith: a rare presentation of acute abdominal pain in an adult
title_short Inflamed Meckel’s diverticulum secondary to a giant faecalith: a rare presentation of acute abdominal pain in an adult
title_sort inflamed meckel’s diverticulum secondary to a giant faecalith: a rare presentation of acute abdominal pain in an adult
topic Upper GI Surgery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3649180/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/2010.10.9
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