Laparoscopic resection of an axially torted Meckel's diverticulum in a 13-year-old.
We report an unusual case of acute abdomen due to axial torsion and infarction of a Meckel's diverticulum in a 13-year-old boy and illustrate the versatility of laparoscopy in the diagnosis and management of acute surgical abdomen in children. We believe that this is only the third case reported in a child of torsion of a Meckel's diverticulum and the first to be managed by laparoscopic resection.
Prasad
T R Sai
TR
Department of Paediatric Surgery, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore. trsai@rediffmail.com
Chui
Chan Hon
CH
Jacobsen
Anette Sundfor
AS
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D005734:Gangrene / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery