Uncommon Presentation of Meckel's Diverticulum in Young Age.

Maedica (Bucur)

Uludağ University Medical Faculty, Department of Forensic Medicine, Council of Forensic Medicine of Turkey, Department of Bursa Morgue, Bursa, Turkey.

Published: March 2013

Meckel's diverticulum is a rare detected anomaly.We present the case of a 13 months old male toddler dead shortly after he was admitted to the hospital. On internal autopsy examination abdominal dissection cream-brown fluid in abdomen was observed. In the ileum, 45 cm proximal to the ileocecal valve, 1 cm in diameter perforation area was detected, ongoing dissection revealed diverticular, pouch like structure, Meckel's diverticulum. We presented perforated Meckel's diverticulum detected at autopsy.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3749760PMC

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