Adult Intussusception Caused by an Inverted Meckel Diverticulum

Autor: Tomoaki Ito, Koichi Sato, Hiroshi Maekawa, Mutsumi Sakurada, Hajime Orita, Yoshihiro Komatsu, Ryo Wada
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Case Reports in Gastroenterology, Vol 5, Iss 2, Pp 320-324 (2011)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1662-0631
DOI: 10.1159/000329457
Popis: Adult intussusception caused by an inverted Meckel diverticulum is rare. We report a 55-year-old Japanese man with intussusception. He was admitted to our hospital with vomiting and abdominal pain. The abdomen was hard with tenderness and muscle guarding. Computed tomography scanning demonstrated a typical inhomogeneous target-shaped mass in the right abdomen. We diagnosed intussusception and performed emergency surgery. At laparotomy, ileocolic intussusception was observed and the ileocecal segment was resected. The surgical specimen comprised an 84 cm segment of resected ileocecum with an elongated polypoid lesion measuring 11 × 2 cm within the ileal lumen. Histopathological examination demonstrated that the polypoid lesion was an inverted Meckel diverticulum. Postoperatively, the patient made an uneventful recovery.
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