A case of intussuscepted and incarcerated Meckel’s diverticulum in to the coecum | Zendy

Srdjan Dikić | Zendy; Svetlana Dragojević-Dikić | Zendy; Darko Zdravković | Zendy; Miroslav Djordjevic | Zendy; Vladimir Kovčin | Zendy; Aleksandar Milovanović | Zendy

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A case of intussuscepted and incarcerated Meckel’s diverticulum in to the coecum

Author(s) -

Srdjan Dikić,

Svetlana Dragojević-Dikić,

Darko Zdravković,

Miroslav Djordjevic,

Vladimir Kovčin,

Aleksandar Milovanović

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

acta chirurgica iugoslavica

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2406-0887

pISSN - 0354-950X

DOI - 10.2298/aci1104107d

Subject(s) - medicine , diverticulum (mollusc) , intussusception (medical disorder) , meckel's diverticulum , laparotomy , bowel obstruction , surgery , hepatic diverticulum , physical examination , general surgery

BACKGROUND: Intussusception with the Meckel’s diverticulum is rare cause of small bowel obstruction in the adults. The Meckel diverticulum is the most common cause of intestinal obstruction in children. METHODS (CASE REPORT): We present a case of 18-year-old boy with developing signs of small bowel obstruction The onset of disease was the day before the first examination. There was no history of prior surgery. According to the clinical symptoms, physical examinations as well as radiographic and ultrasound examination, surgical treatment was indicated. Surgical approach was inferior medial laparotomy. Intussusceptions of the Meckel’s diverticulum and into the coecum with incarceration were found. De-sincarceration and simple diverticulectomy was done. CONCLUSION: The Meckels’s diverticulum should be consider as a possible cause of the small bowel obstruction in previously healthy patient

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