Not Just Painless Bleeding: Meckel’s Diverticulum as a Cause of Small Bowel Obstruction in Children—Two Cases and a Review of the Literature.
- Resource Type
- Case Study
- Authors
- Itriyeva, Khalida; Harris, Matthew; Rocker, Joshua; Gochman, Robert
- Source
- Case Reports in Emergency Medicine. 12/16/2015, p1-4. 4p.
- Subject
- *MECKEL diverticulum
*BOWEL obstructions
*SMALL intestine diseases
*CHILD patients
*HEMORRHAGE
*EMERGENCY medical services
*ETIOLOGY of diseases
- Language
- ISSN
- 2090-648X
Physicians are educated with the classical teaching that symptomatic patients with Meckel’s diverticulum (MD) most often present with painless rectal bleeding. However, a review of the literature reveals that young patients with MD will most commonly present with signs of intestinal obstruction, an etiology not frequency considered in patients presenting to the emergency department with obstruction. We present two cases of intestinal obstruction diagnosed in our emergency department, with Meckel’s diverticulum being the etiology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]