A Case Report on Fish Bone Perforating Meckel’s Diverticulum Mimicking Appendicitis

Meckel’s diverticulum (MD) is the most frequent congenital abnormality of the digestive tract. Although it is silent, it can rarely come up as a complicated case including but not limited to obstruction, inflammation, and neoplasm. Perforation as a consequence of MD is extremely infrequent and mostl...

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Autores principales: Kolleri, Jouhar J, Abdirahman, Abdirahman M, Khaliq, Ali, Abu-Dayeh, Ala, Sajid, Sadia, Mirza, Salman, Haider, Abdulrazzaq
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Pathology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8966845/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35371722
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22693
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Sumario:Meckel’s diverticulum (MD) is the most frequent congenital abnormality of the digestive tract. Although it is silent, it can rarely come up as a complicated case including but not limited to obstruction, inflammation, and neoplasm. Perforation as a consequence of MD is extremely infrequent and mostly related to foreign objects. We report a case of a 24-year-old man who presented to the emergency department with signs and symptoms suggestive of acute appendicitis. Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen demonstrated foreign body perforation from a protrusion outside the small bowel. The patient underwent laparoscopy and a fish bone perforating MD was found which was removed.

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