title: Acute Meckel's diverticulum in a senior patient.
abstract: Meckel's diverticulum is the most common congenital abnormality of the intestinal tract, occurring in 2% of autoptic studies. The case of an 85-year-old man referred to the Emergency Surgery Unit for intestinal obstruction and lower gastrointestinal tract bleeding is reported. Surgical exploration revealed a complicated Meckel's diverticulum full of coproliths, immersed in pus and blood. Examination of the resected diverticulum showed necrotic diverticulitis in the absence of ectopic gastric or pancreatic tissues.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche ed Anestesiologiche, Università degli Studi, Bologna.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Campione
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tonini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cervellera
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Marrano
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pasqualini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Avanzolini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lenzi
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005244:Fecal Impaction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*