title: Perforated Meckel's diverticulitis presenting as a mesenteric abscess: case report.
abstract: Only 2% of patients with Meckel's diverticulae (MD) will manifest clinical problems. Diverticulitis occurs in approximately 10-20% of patients with symptomatic MD and more often in the elderly population. We report a case of Meckels diverticulitis presenting with perforation and mesenteric abscess in a young African man. The authors present information on diagnostic pitfalls and advise a lower threshold for consideration of MD as a differential diagnosis of acute right iliac fossa pain especially when the CT scan denotes a normal appendix in a male patient.
authors.affiliation: Aga Khan University Hospital, P.O. Box 30270-00100, Nairobi, Kenya.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wasike
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saidi
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004238:Diverticulitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed