Acute abdomen secondary to a Meckel's lipoma.
Small bowel intussusception, presenting acutely in adults is an extremely rare event. We present an exceptional case, previously unreported in the English language, of a lipoma within a Meckel's diverticulum giving rise to this clinical scenario.
Ahmed
H U
HU
Department of General Surgery, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.
Wajed
S
S
Krijgsman
B
B
Elliot
V
V
Winslet
M
M
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007443:Intussusception / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed