Meckel's diverticulum mimicking infantile colic: sonographic detection.
We report a case of Meckel's diverticulum in a 6-month-old girl who presented with a 5-month history of chronic screaming but no symptoms or signs of intestinal obstruction. Infantile colic was the presumptive diagnosis. Abdominal sonography at 6 months of age demonstrated an abdominal mass with an anechoic center and a double-layered wall, surrounded by bowel loops. Abdominal CT and barium enema x-ray studies demonstrated nonspecific findings of a cystic mass with compression of adjacent bowel loops. Histologic examination of the resected mass revealed a Meckel's diverticulum with a perforation sealed off by the neighboring bowel and mesentery to form an inflammatory mass.
Huang
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FC
Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Ko
S F
SF
Lee
S Y
SY
D003085:Colic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography