title: Crohn's disease of a Meckel's diverticulum causing diverticulitis and small bowel obstruction.
abstract: We have described an unusual case of Crohn's disease in a Meckel's diverticulum with both diverticulitis and intestinal obstruction in an elderly man.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Roper Hospital, Charleston, SC.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Parler
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Cathcart
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D004238:Diverticulitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008297:Male; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000601:surgery