title: [Imaging of complications of Meckel diverticulum].
abstract: Meckel's diverticulum is a persistent embryonic remnant occurring in 2% of the general population. As an "ileal appendix", it is usually clinically silent and only discovered at the time of complications: inflammation, hemorrhage, obstruction, tumor. The preoperative diagnosis is rarely made because of the non specific nature of the symptomatology and only about 10% of complicated cases are diagnosed at imaging. Complications from Meckel's diverticulum should always be considered in patients presenting with an acute abdomen, especially in young adults.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie, Hôpital d'adultes, CHU Nancy Brabois, rue du Morvan, 54500 Vandoeuvre.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barbary
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tissier
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Floquet
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Régent
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography