Unusual Presentation of Meckel's Diverticulum: Gangrene due to Axial Torsion

Meckel's diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly of the small bowel. The majority of cases are asymptomatic; however, life-threatening complications can also take place. We present a case of a 37-year-old male who was admitted with symptoms of acute, severe abdominal pain in the righ...

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Main Authors:	Rencuzogullari, Ahmet, Dalci, Kubilay, Yalav, Orcun
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4352490/

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spelling	pubmed-43524902015-03-19 Unusual Presentation of Meckel's Diverticulum: Gangrene due to Axial Torsion Rencuzogullari, Ahmet Dalci, Kubilay Yalav, Orcun Case Report Meckel's diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly of the small bowel. The majority of cases are asymptomatic; however, life-threatening complications can also take place. We present a case of a 37-year-old male who was admitted with symptoms of acute, severe abdominal pain in the right iliac fossa. The patient was operated on with the preoperative diagnosis of acute appendicitis but the operative findings were consistent with torted Meckel's diverticulum due to presence of mesodiverticular band and he was treated successfully with surgical resection. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-02-22 /pmc/articles/PMC4352490/ /pubmed/25793132 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/571847 Text en Copyright © 2015 Ahmet Rencuzogullari et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author	Rencuzogullari, Ahmet Dalci, Kubilay Yalav, Orcun
spellingShingle	Rencuzogullari, Ahmet Dalci, Kubilay Yalav, Orcun Unusual Presentation of Meckel's Diverticulum: Gangrene due to Axial Torsion
author_facet	Rencuzogullari, Ahmet Dalci, Kubilay Yalav, Orcun
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title	Unusual Presentation of Meckel's Diverticulum: Gangrene due to Axial Torsion
title_short	Unusual Presentation of Meckel's Diverticulum: Gangrene due to Axial Torsion
title_full	Unusual Presentation of Meckel's Diverticulum: Gangrene due to Axial Torsion
title_fullStr	Unusual Presentation of Meckel's Diverticulum: Gangrene due to Axial Torsion
title_full_unstemmed	Unusual Presentation of Meckel's Diverticulum: Gangrene due to Axial Torsion
title_sort	unusual presentation of meckel's diverticulum: gangrene due to axial torsion
description	Meckel's diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly of the small bowel. The majority of cases are asymptomatic; however, life-threatening complications can also take place. We present a case of a 37-year-old male who was admitted with symptoms of acute, severe abdominal pain in the right iliac fossa. The patient was operated on with the preoperative diagnosis of acute appendicitis but the operative findings were consistent with torted Meckel's diverticulum due to presence of mesodiverticular band and he was treated successfully with surgical resection.
publisher	Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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Unusual Presentation of Meckel's Diverticulum: Gangrene due to Axial Torsion

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