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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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2022 03;34(3):358

Department of Pediatric Surgery, Institute of Medical Sciences & SUM Hospital, SOA University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

Children (Basel) 2022 Jan 5;9(1). Epub 2022 Jan 5.

Department of Pediatrics, E-Da Hospital, Kaohsiung City 824005, Taiwan.

The common clinical manifestations of Meckel's diverticulum include painless lower gastrointestinal bleeding and intestinal obstruction due to intussusception. Intussusception induced by inverted Meckel's diverticulum has rarely been reported; furthermore, there is no report thus far of chronic nocturnal abdominal pain as a presenting symptom in children with Meckel's diverticulum. A 4-year-and-10-month-old girl with no significant history of previous illness presented with the sole complaint of chronic nocturnal abdominal pain for 3 months. Read More

Hell J Nucl Med 2021 Sep-Dec;24(3):274-275. Epub 2021 Dec 17.

Department of Nuclear Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece.

Technetium-99m pertechnetate planar scintigraphy is the procedure of choice to localize ectopic gastric mucosa. However, single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) provides precise landmarks and scintigraphic findings. We report a case of an adult patient with Meckel's diverticulum involving an atypical location, within the pelvic region, next to the right margin of the urinary bladder. Read More

Surgery 2021 12 24;170(6):e29-e30. Epub 2021 Jun 24.

Royal Adelaide Hospital, Port Rd, Adelaide, Australia.

Radiographics 2021 Nov-Dec;41(7):2090-2110

From the Departments of Diagnostic Imaging (E.J.I.C., M.N.I., E.L., C.C., P.S., I.B.M.d.l.T.) and Pathology (M.S.), Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Av Sant Joan de Déu 2, 08950 Esplugues de Llobregat (Barcelona), Spain; and Departments of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, and Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (O.M.N.).

The omphalomesenteric duct is an embryologic structure that connects the yolk sac with the primitive midgut of the developing fetus. Omphalomesenteric duct anomalies include a group of entities that result from failed resorption of the omphalomesenteric duct. These anomalies include Meckel diverticulum, omphalomesenteric fistula, fibrous bands, cysts, and umbilical polyps. Read More

J Int Med Res 2021 Oct;49(10):3000605211053554

Department of General Surgery, Affiliated Xiaoshan Hospital, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

Small bowel volvulus secondary to Meckel's diverticulum is rare, and a delayed diagnosis results in disastrous outcomes. Computed tomography is conducive to early differential diagnosis. In particular, a blind-ending pouch structure on CT always indicates Meckel's diverticulum. Read More

AJR Am J Roentgenol 2022 03 20;218(3):555. Epub 2021 Oct 20.

Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

ANZ J Surg 2021 10;91(10):2225-2226

Department of Surgery, SSR Medical College, Belle Rive, Mauritius.

Clin Nucl Med 2022 Apr;47(4):372-374

Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.

Abstract: A 17-year-old adolescent boy presented with multiple episodes of hematochezia. After a negative 99mTcO4 scan, upper endoscopy, colonoscopy, and CT angiography, the patient underwent a second 99mTcO4 scan with ranitidine. The anterior images demonstrated a faint, delayed focus of uptake in the midabdomen without correlate on lateral projections. Read More

World J Gastroenterol 2021 Sep;27(36):6154-6160

Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Madrid 28222, Spain.

Background: Meckel's diverticulum is a common asymptomatic congenital gastrointestinal anomaly. However, its presentation as an inverted Meckel's diverticulum is a rare complication, of which few cases have been reported in the literature.

Case Summary: Here, we report the case of a 33-year-old man with iron deficiency anemia without manifestation of gastrointestinal bleeding. Read More

Am J Case Rep 2021 Oct 8;22:e933341. Epub 2021 Oct 8.

Department of General Surgery, Venizeleio General Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

BACKGROUND Intussusception is a rare pathological entity in adults and remains a diagnostic challenge for clinicians, as it shares many clinical signs and symptoms with other morbid conditions (including appendicitis, abdominal hernias, colic, volvulus, and Meckel diverticulum). High clinical suspicion and use of appropriate imaging techniques are essential for early diagnosis and treatment of intussusception. Surgical intervention is the treatment of choice in cases of sustained and persistent invagination. Read More

BMJ Case Rep 2021 Sep 7;14(9). Epub 2021 Sep 7.

Radiodiagnosis, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India

Enteric duplication cysts (EDCs) are congenital malformations of the gastrointestinal tract. EDCs can present as tubular or spherical cystic lesions of the abdomen. The tubular variant of EDC arises as an outpouching from the bowel wall, whereas the spherical variant rarely shows bowel communication. Read More

Am J Case Rep 2021 Sep 5;22:e932280. Epub 2021 Sep 5.

Department of Pediatric Surgery, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, Turin, Italy.

BACKGROUND Intussusception is the most common cause of intestinal obstruction in children, with a peak incidence usually before the second year of age, while in neonates it is a rare entity. We describe a delayed and incidental diagnosis of neonatal intussusception secondary to Meckel's diverticulum in a neonate with shaken baby syndrome (SBS). This is, to the best of our knowledge, the first reported case of a neonatal intussusception with a Meckel's diverticulum as a lead point in a neurologically impaired child. Read More

Ann Med Surg (Lond) 2021 Sep 17;69:102723. Epub 2021 Aug 17.

Pediatric Surgery Unit, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, 44600, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Introduction: Meckel's diverticulum (MD) is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal system. It is caused by an incomplete obliteration of the vitelline duct. Rarely, it can present with complications like torsion and gangrene formation. Read More

Am J Med 2021 12 16;134(12):e565-e566. Epub 2021 Aug 16.

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Electronic address:

Cureus 2021 Jun 26;13(6):e15934. Epub 2021 Jun 26.

Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA.

Meckel's diverticulum (MD) is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract. Its course is usually benign but may also result in complications requiring surgical intervention. A diverticulum may also permit the removal of intraluminal objects without bowel resection and anastomosis. Read More