Radiographic characteristics of isolated invaginated Meckel's diverticulum.
A 3-year-old boy with a radiographic finding of an isolated invaginated Meckel's diverticulum is presented. The abnormality simulates a polypoid filling defect in the distal small bowel on barium examination. This particular manifestation of Meckel's diverticulum is very rare and has been reported only once previously. This article re-emphasizes the need to think about this possibility when a polypoid filling defect is seen in the distal small bowel. At the time laparotomy was performed, the abnormality had progressed into a triple intussusception, a rare surgical finding.
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Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Akron, Ohio 44308.
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007443:Intussusception / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography