[A rare case of Meckel's diverticulum perforation].
Meckel's diverticulum is a pathology not rarely found everyday clinical medicine especially when it present with one of its complications. The specific diagnosis is a bit difficult to put because of the low sensibility and specificity of symptoms of diagnostic and instrumental techniques used. The reported case shows a rare type of complication constituted by the phlogosis of Meckel's diverticulum, itself due to an extraneous thing ingested by the patient. The authors discuss the entity of the manifestations of this pathology and highlight every aspects.
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Divisione di Chirurgia Generale, Ospedale S. Massimo, Penne Pescara.
Nardi
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D'Amico
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Basti
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Casciani
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Di Luzio
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D000208:Acute Disease; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004238:Diverticulitis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery