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Significant bleeding from Meckel’s diverticulum after blunt abdominal trauma: a case report

BACKGROUND: Meckel’s diverticulum, with an incidence of 2%, is the most common congenital anomaly in the gastrointestinal tract. Its main complications are perforation, obstruction, and bleeding. A few studies have reported that blunt abdominal trauma may result in perforation or obstruction to Meck...

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Autores principales: Chowdhury, Sharfuddin, Alenazi, Abdullah Maher, Alharthi, Yam Alwi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6145116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30227894
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-018-1799-4