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Case Reports
. 2021 Sep 15;13(9):e17997.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.17997. eCollection 2021 Sep.

Giant Meckel's Diverticulitis Perforation Due to Necrosis

Ahmet Baris Dirim  1 , Sefa Ozyazici  1
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Case Reports

Giant Meckel's Diverticulitis Perforation Due to Necrosis

Ahmet Baris Dirim et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Although Meckel's diverticulum (MD) is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract, its prevalence is approximately 2% in the general population. Most diverticula remain asymptomatic and can be diagnosed with obstruction, perforation, inflammation, and gastrointestinal hemorrhage. The treatment of complicated MD is surgery, but there is no clear treatment recommendation yet for incidentally detected cases. As in the case we present here, the development of perforation due to Giant Meckel's diverticulitis in an adult female patient is a very rare complication of a disease that can be diagnosed very rarely.

Keywords: complication; giant; meckel’s diverticulitis; perforation; right-sided abdominal pain.

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Abdominal computed tomography image.
Edema in the small bowel (asterisk) and millimetric air density (arrows).
Figure 2
Figure 2. Giant Meckel’s diverticulitis perforation.
Perforation at the tip due to necrosis with a mushroom appearance.
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