Difficulty in identifying a bleeding Meckel's diverticulum: case report and review of the literature.

Journal: Connecticut Medicine
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Abstract

Meckel's diverticulum is the most commonly occurring congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract. Diagnosis is usually made by scintigraphy using 99Tc(m) pertechnetate, with low accuracy in adults. We describe a case report and review the literature for difficulties in identifying a recurrent bleeding Meckel's diverticulum. Our patient had a "bladder diverticulum" on scintigraphy, which led to delay in diagnosis. The use of bladder lavage during scintigraphy may assist in distinguishing a Meckel's diverticulum from a bladder diverticulum.

Authors
Robert Brenes, Hussain M Abbas, J Palesty, Guiseppe Tripodi