Meckel's Diverticulum with Multiple Sprouts at the Tip in a Child.

Fetal Pediatr Pathol

Department of General Surgery, the Third People's Hospital of Dalian, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.

Published: June 2023

Meckel's diverticulum (MD) is usually a simple tubular-shaped diverticulum. We describe a MD with multiple complex terminal sprouts in a child found incidentally during an appendectomy for appendicitis. The MD was resected, and the child recovered well. MD may show multiple sprouts. There was no additional clinical consequence in this child with the malformed MD.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15513815.2022.2142489DOI Listing

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