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In Vivo 2022 Jul-Aug;36(4):1603-1607

AntiCancer Inc, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.;

Background: Cancer of the Meckel's diverticulum (MD) is extremely rare. It is often advanced at the time of operation and the prognosis is poor. An effective treatment for this cancer has not yet been developed and there is no MD-carcinoma mouse model. Read More

Ann Med Surg (Lond) 2022 Jun 18;78:103807. Epub 2022 May 18.

General Surgery Department, Security Force Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Introduction: and Importance: Meckel's diverticulum band is an uncommon cause of intestinal obstruction in adults.

Case Presentation: We report the case of a 57-year-old diabetic and hypertensive male who presented with sudden onset of vomiting and abdominal pain. Initial laboratory and imaging investigations, including an abdominal X-ray and computed tomography scan, were suggestive of an intestinal obstruction; however, these were not helpful in assigning a presumptive cause. Read More

Pan Afr Med J 2022 1;41:269. Epub 2022 Apr 1.

Department of Surgery, Potchefstroom Hospital, Potchefstroom, South Africa.

The vitelline circulation connects the fetus and yolk sac in the first few weeks of fetal development. Its components are the vitelline duct, vitelline arteries and vitelline vein. This gradually breaks down as the placenta grows and overtakes the function of yolk sac as the primary nutrition source. Read More

J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg 2022 May-Jun;27(3):340-344. Epub 2022 May 12.

Department of Paediatric Surgery, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to study the presentation of patients who underwent Meckel's diverticulectomy (MD) and utility of pertechnetate Meckel's scan in the diagnosis of MD.

Methods: The clinical presentation of a retrospective cohort of patients who underwent MD from January 2007 to December 2019 was studied. The modes of presentation, treatment, and the diagnostic utility of pertechnetate Meckel's scans were evaluated. Read More

ANZ J Surg 2022 06;92(6):1577

Department of Colorectal Surgery, Garg Fistula Research Institute, Panchkula, India.

Cureus 2022 May 7;14(5):e24810. Epub 2022 May 7.

Oncology, Bayonne Medical Center, Bayonne, USA.

Meckel's diverticulum (MD) is one of the most common congenital abnormalities of the gastrointestinal tract, affecting approximately two percent of the population. Rarely, Meckel's diverticula have been found to harbor various tumors, which go unnoticed until later in their course. The clinical presentation varies among each individual, and tumors have often metastasized or caused diverticular rupture at the time of diagnosis. Read More

BMC Gastroenterol 2022 Jun 3;22(1):285. Epub 2022 Jun 3.

Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, 143 Shimokasuya, Isehara, Kanagawa, 259-1193, Japan.

Background: Despite numerous reports on ischemic bowel obstruction caused by internal hernia, no case presentation has been reported of an internal hernia caused by a bridge formed between the medial and lateral zones of the liver. Herein, we report the first case of ischemic bowel obstruction caused by a hepatic bridge.

Case Presentation: A 24-year-old man complaining of abdominal pain was referred to our hospital and admitted. Read More

Cureus 2022 Apr 26;14(4):e24494. Epub 2022 Apr 26.

Internal Medicine, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Graduate Medical Education/HCA Florida North Florida Hospital, Gainesville, USA.

Meckel's diverticulum (MD) is a well-known gastrointestinal (GI) congenital anomaly that is generally considered a disorder in neonates or a "clinically silent" disorder in adults. While prevalent in children, MD is not often considered as a differential in the etiology of GI bleeding in the adult population. We describe a case of MD presenting as a copious GI bleed in a 65-year-old male, which was found after numerous diagnostic studies. Read More

Pediatr Neonatol 2022 May 18. Epub 2022 May 18.

The Metabolomics Core Laboratory, Centers of Genomic and Precision Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address:

Background: Omphalocele and gastroschisis are the two most common congenital abdominal wall defects; however, no previous study has focused on gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary tract malformations in these two conditions. This study aimed to investigate the demographic characteristics, coexisting congenital gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary tract anomalies, hospital course, and outcomes of patients with gastroschisis and omphalocele.

Methods: This is retrospective chart review of all patients admitted to one tertiary medical center in Taiwan between January 1, 2000 and June 30, 2020 with a diagnosis of gastroschisis or omphalocele. Read More

Ann Ital Chir 2022 Mar 24;11. Epub 2022 Mar 24.

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. Read More

Acad Pathol 2022 12;9(1):100014. Epub 2022 May 12.

Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, 23507, USA.

Ann Med Surg (Lond) 2022 Jun 7;78:103734. Epub 2022 May 7.

Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.

Introduction: Meckel's diverticulum is a congenital anomaly that is often detected incidentally. When it presents symptomatically, it causes painless gastrointestinal bleeding. Nevertheless, in rare instances, it can cause acute intestinal obstruction, often obscuring the true clinical picture. Read More

Fetal Pediatr Pathol 2022 May 11:1-6. Epub 2022 May 11.

Pediatric Surgery, Latifa Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

A button battery can cause perforation of Meckel's diverticulum if sequestered in this blind ending bowel segment. Reported cases focused on clinical manifestations, management options, radiologic and intraoperative findings. We highlight the histopathologic features in perforated Meckel's diverticula due to ingested button batteries. Read More

Cureus 2022 Mar 25;14(3):e23473. Epub 2022 Mar 25.

Internal Medicine, Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy, USA.

Parasitic leiomyomas (PL) are rare cause of small bowel obstruction (SBO) in young women. Usually, they arise in women who underwent laparoscopic or surgical morcellation of uterine fibroids. PL may present with vague abdominal pain, constipation, obstipation, or rarely SBO. Read More

Dig Liver Dis 2022 Apr 26. Epub 2022 Apr 26.

Department of Pathology, Sondrio Hospital, Italy.

Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg 2022 Mar;28(3):249-253

Department of Pediatric Surgery, Harran University Faculty of Medicine, Şanlıurfa-Turkey.

Background: We aimed to present cecum pathologies which are the cause of acute abdomen.

Methods: Between January 2015 and June 2019, patients that were operated with the diagnosis of acute abdomen and patients with the primary cecum pathologies were evaluated retrospectively.

Results: There were eight patients, five males and three females. Read More

Int J Surg Case Rep 2022 May 30;94:107004. Epub 2022 Mar 30.

Department of Surgery, Loghman-Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Introduction And Importance: The omphalomesenteric duct (OMD) usually involutes by the ninth gestational week. If this obliteration fails, OMD remnant will result in different pathologies mostly in the pediatrics and infrequently in adults. The most well-known OMD remnant disease is Meckel's diverticulum. Read More

Pancreas 2022 02;51(2):171-176

From the Department of Surgery.

Objectives: This study aimed to understand if resection (RS) for nonmetastatic small bowel neuroendocrine tumors (SBNETs) prolongs 5-year overall survival.

Methods: Patients from National Cancer Data Base with primary histologically confirmed SBNETs from 2007 to 2016 were included. Patients younger than 18 years, with the disease in the duodenum/Meckel diverticulum or metastatic disease were excluded. Read More

Surg Open Sci 2022 Apr 15;8:62-68. Epub 2022 Mar 15.

Department of Radiology, Kochi Health Sciences Center, Kochi City,Japan.

Background: Clinicopathological characteristics of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm derived from the ectopic pancreas have not been elucidated owing to its rarity.

Methods: MEDLINE databases from 1985 to 2021 were searched. Data regarding patient characteristics, diagnostic modalities, treatment, and prognosis were extracted from the identified articles. Read More

Cureus 2022 Feb 28;14(2):e22693. Epub 2022 Feb 28.

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.

Meckel's diverticulum (MD) is the most frequent congenital abnormality of the digestive tract. Although it is silent, it can rarely come up as a complicated case including but not limited to obstruction, inflammation, and neoplasm. Perforation as a consequence of MD is extremely infrequent and mostly related to foreign objects. Read More

BMJ Case Rep 2022 Apr 1;15(4). Epub 2022 Apr 1.

Department of General Surgery, King Edward Memorial and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Vitellointestinal duct anomalies, although one of the most frequent malformations to be found (2%-3% in population), they are most unlikely to cause symptoms. A persistent Vitellointestinal duct can induce abdominal pain, bowel obstruction, intestinal haemorrhage and umbilical sinus, fistula or hernia which commonly occurs in children. Patent vitellointestinal duct or persistent omphalomesenteric duct is a very unusual congenital anomaly which occurs in 2% of the population related to the embryonic yolk stalk. Read More

Radiol Case Rep 2022 May 10;17(5):1579-1582. Epub 2022 Mar 10.

Department of Radiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA.

Intussusception secondary to Meckel's diverticulum is a rare entity in adults and hence, can be a challenging to accurately diagnose preoperatively. This case illustrates the clinical, imaging, operative, and histologic manifestations of a Meckel's diverticulum leading to a long segment ileo-ileal intussusception in an adult female patient presenting with symptoms of small bowel obstruction. Read More

Semin Pediatr Surg 2022 02 18;31(1):151142. Epub 2022 Feb 18.

Department of Pediatric Surgery, Vanderbilt Monroe Carrell Children's Hospital, Nashville, TN.

Ann Pediatr Surg 2022 8;18(1):18. Epub 2022 Mar 8.

Dera Ghazi Khan Medical College and DHQ Teaching Hospital, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan.

Background: Perforation of Meckel Diverticulum (MD) is a rare cause of pneumoperitoneum in neonates. We hereby report six cases of perforation of MD in neonates, with addition of 53 cases from systematic review of the literature. A systematic review was performed using Mesh terms "Neonate, Meckel Diverticulum, Perforation, Pneumoperitoneum. Read More

J Infect Dis 2021 11;224(Supple 5):S522-S528

Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.

Background: Ileal perforation occurs in about 1% of enteric fevers as a complication, with a case fatality risk (CFR) of 20%-30% in the early 1990s that decreased to 15.4% in 2011 in South East Asia. We report nontraumatic ileal perforations and its associated CFR from a 2-year prospective enteric fever surveillance across India. Read More

Dig Liver Dis 2022 Feb 27. Epub 2022 Feb 27.

Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China. Electronic address:

Asian J Surg 2022 06 25;45(6):1354-1355. Epub 2022 Feb 25.

Department of Pediatric Urology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, PR China.

Pathologica 2022 Feb;114(1):40-54

Department of Emergencies and Organ Transplantation, Pediatric Surgery, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.

Congenital anomalies of the tubular gastrointestinal tract are an important cause of morbidity not only in infants, but also in children and adults.

The gastrointestinal (GI) tract, composed of all three primitive germ layers, develops early during embryogenesis. Two major steps in its development are the formation of the gut tube (giving rise to the foregut, the midgut and the hindgut), and the formation of individual organs with specialized cell types. Read More

ANZ J Surg 2022 01;92(1-2):299

Department of Colorectal Surgery, Garg Fistula Research Institute (GFRI), Panchkula, India.

Ann Med Surg (Lond) 2022 Feb 26;74:103317. Epub 2022 Jan 26.

1st Propedeutic Department of Surgery, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, St. Kiriakidi 1, 54621, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Introduction: and importance: Meckel's Diverticulum (MD) is the most usual congenital anatomic abnormality of the gastrointestinal tract. It is present in almost 2% of the population and it rarely becomes symptomatic in adults. Herein, we report a rare case of an elderly woman with MD, its diagnostic algorithm and treatment, pointing out the significance of this pathology in the differential diagnosis of right lower quadrant pain. Read More