title: Meckel's diverticulum: a disease associated with a colored clinical picture.
abstract: Meckel's diverticulum is reported in only 1 or 2% of the population. In most cases, it is free of clinical symptoms. The diagnostic modalities are effective in only 60-70% of all cases. The diagnostic laparoscopy is a safe and effective method for patients suffering from unclear abdominal pain with the option of a definitive surgical therapy. We describe the case of a 10-year-old girl with recurrent abdominal pain caused by a chronic subileus due to a Meckel's diverticulum in combination with a fibrous cord from the base of diverticulum to the mesenterial root. Both were resected in a laparoscopic technique.
authors.affiliation: Clinic for General Surgery, Friedrich Ebert Hospital, Friesenstrasse 11, D-24539 Neumünster, Germany. matthias.kapischke@fek.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kapischke
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bley
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Deltz
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D014463:Ultrasonography