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Meckel's Diverticulum Enterolith Presenting as Small Bowel Obstruction.
J Emerg Med
June 2023
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California.
Mechanical ileus of the small bowel due to an inflamed Meckel's diverticulum with an enterolith - a case report with literature review.
Acta Chir Belg
December 2023
Department of General, Abdominal, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Krankenhaus Düren, Düren, Germany.
Background: Meckel's diverticula result from incomplete obliteration and regression of the omphaloenteric duct and are the most common congenital intestinal malformations. Many Meckel's diverticula remain asymptomatic and are discovered as incidental findings. They present a diagnostic challenge.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcute abdomen following axial torsion of a Giant Meckel's diverticulum in a young male: A case report.
Int J Surg Case Rep
October 2022
Department of Surgery, District General Hospital, Mannar, Sri Lanka.
Introduction And Importance: Among Meckel's diverticulum (MD), the 'Giant' category is relatively rare. Most Giant MDs lead to complications such as torsion and diverticulitis.
Presentation Of Case: A 20-year-old South Asian male presented with a three-day history of vomiting and left-sided abdominal pain.
Meckel's diverticulum containing enterolith mimicking acute appendicitis.
Int J Surg Case Rep
September 2022
Dow University of Health Sciences-Ojha Campus, Karachi, Pakistan. Electronic address:
Introduction: Meckel's diverticulum is a vestige of the vitello-intestinal duct. It is one of the most common congenital abnormality of the GI tract.
Case Presentation: We present a case of a male patient who presented with pain in the peri-umbilical region and in right iliac fossa.
The Meckel's diverticulum is usually asymptomatic but in sometimes it presents severe complications, such as bleeding or perforation. The presence of enterolith inside a Meckel diverticulum is rare. In this report, we present a case of a 56- years- old man, with an abdominal pain and small bowel obstruction for a enterolith.
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