title: Calcified Meckel's diverticulum: an unusual incidental finding during laparoscopy.
abstract: During a cholecystectomy for stones, an unusual lesion mimicking a neoplasm was found in a 40-year-old man. The lesion was resected using an endoscopic stapler, and the histologic diagnosis was Meckel's diverticulum with chronic inflammation and calcification of the diverticular wall. It is possible that the diverticulum had been responsible for abdominal pain in this patient, in whom it had an atypical appearance.
authors: Department of Surgery, A. Gemelli Medical School, Largo Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy. gclemente@rm.unicatt.it
authors: Gennaro
authors: G
authors: Clemente
authors: Raffaele
authors: R
authors: Ionta
authors: Gerardo
authors: G
authors: Sarno
authors: Riccardo
authors: R
authors: Ricci
authors: Gennaro
authors: G
authors: Nuzzo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology*; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D041761:Cholecystolithiasis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*