title: Volvulus due to a tumor of Meckel's diverticulum.
abstract: Small-bowel obstruction in an old woman was the result of a twisted Meckel's diverticulum containing a large neoplasm. As neoplasms comprise only 1.2-1.4% of the complications of the diverticulum, and generally bleed or cause intussusception, we believe that the condition described is not common.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000150:complications*; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis