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CALCULI IN A MECKEL'S DIVERTICULUM: A CASE REPORT AND A REVIEW
Author(s) -
DONALDSON WAYNE G.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1978.tb04920.x
Subject(s) - medicine , meckel's diverticulum , diverticulum (mollusc) , general surgery , radiological weapon , meckel diverticulum , surgery
A case is reported of multiple calculi occurring in a Meckel's diverticulum which caused chronic abdominal pain in a 48‐year‐old man. The problem was diagnosed before operation by radiological studies. The features of this condition are well illustrated in this patient. The published literature is reviewed.