Wireless capsule endoscopic detection of Meckel's diverticulum after nondiagnostic surgery.
A patient aged 26 was investigated for recurrent severe gastrointestinal bleeding. Over a 4-year period, he was transfused more than 400 units of blood. Multiple investigations included three negative Meckel's scans. A right hemicolectomy for supposed angiodysplasia failed to control his bleeding. Wireless capsule endoscopy demonstrated the presence of a Meckel's diverticulum. At a repeat laparotomy, the ulcerated Meckel's diverticulum was identified and resected. The patient had no further bleeding and had a normal haemoglobin level on repeat blood tests up to 12 months after surgical excision of the diverticulum.
Mylonaki
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M
Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London, United Kingdom.
MacLean
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D
Fritscher-Ravens
A
A
Swain
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P
D000328:Adult; D002214:Capsules; D020776:Endoscopes, Gastrointestinal; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery
D002214:Capsules