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Clin Nucl Med
January 2025
From the Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
Typical Meckel diverticulum on 99mTcO4- scintigraphy usually appears early in the dynamic imaging in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen, without change of location during the study. We report a case of pathology-proven Meckel diverticulum a 7-year-old boy, which appeared only on the later part of the 99mTcO4- study in the midline upper pelvis which gradually changed location during the study.
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September 2024
Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, National Liver Institute, Menoufia University, Shebeen El-Koum, Menoufia, Egypt.
Introduction: Periampullary diverticulum (PAD) is frequently discovered in patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Studies have yielded conflicting results regarding its impact on the technical success of ERCP and post-ERCP complications.
Aim: This study aims to assess the success and safety of ERCP in patients with PAD.
Ann Gastroenterol
December 2024
Gastroenterology Unit, Nuovo Regina Margherita Hospital, Rome, (Sabrina Berardi, Angelo Zullo); Italy.
Background: Data on the potential association between diverticulosis and colonic neoplastic lesions are still controversial. We investigated this issue in subjects who underwent screening colonoscopy.
Methods: We reviewed the data of subjects with a positive fecal immunological test who underwent a first colonoscopy in the national colorectal screening program.
Curr Med Imaging
January 2025
Medical Imaging Department, King Abdullah Medical Complex, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Background: Perforation is one of the rarest effects of Meckel's diverticulum and may clinically resemble acute appendicitis.
Case Report: A 34-year-old woman with pain in the right iliac fossa, nausea, and vomiting for three days was brought to the emergency department. An abdominal examination indicated rebound tenderness in the area of the right iliac fossa.
Pediatr Surg Int
December 2024
Pediatric Surgery Department, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Av/Fernando Abril Martorell 106, 46026, Valencia, Spain.
Purpose: To assess the diagnostic performance of hemoglobin concentration for Meckel's diverticulum (MD) and evaluate if hemoglobin levels could be useful in the surgical decision-making process of children with lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB).
Methods: Retrospective cohort study of children with LGIB attending the emergency department between 2011 and 2021. Episodes of LGIB were divided into two groups: MeckD (MD diagnosed by surgery) and non-MeckD.
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