Meckel’s diverticulum has varied presentations in children and often becomes a diagnostic challenge. The authors present a 10-year-old boy with abdominal pain and one episode of melena. His symptoms were undervalued during two previous hospitalizations in pediatric units until his hemoglobin level dropped from 8.2 to 3.5 g/dL. The laparoscopic intervention performed in emergency identified a bleeding Meckel’s diverticulum that was resected after being exteriorized from the umbilicus. Our observation shows that severe hemorrhage due to a Meckel’s diverticulum is possible albeit exceptional.
Meckel's diverticulum causing severe hemorrhage / Esposito, Ciro; Giurin, I.; Savanelli, Antonio; Iaquinto, M.; Ascione, Giuseppe; Settimi, Alessandro. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS. - ISSN 0340-6199. - 171:(2012), pp. 733-734. [10.1007/s00431-011-1652-x]
Meckel's diverticulum causing severe hemorrhage
ESPOSITO, CIRO;SAVANELLI, ANTONIO;ASCIONE, GIUSEPPE;SETTIMI, ALESSANDRO
2012
Abstract
Meckel’s diverticulum has varied presentations in children and often becomes a diagnostic challenge. The authors present a 10-year-old boy with abdominal pain and one episode of melena. His symptoms were undervalued during two previous hospitalizations in pediatric units until his hemoglobin level dropped from 8.2 to 3.5 g/dL. The laparoscopic intervention performed in emergency identified a bleeding Meckel’s diverticulum that was resected after being exteriorized from the umbilicus. Our observation shows that severe hemorrhage due to a Meckel’s diverticulum is possible albeit exceptional.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
