title: Hemorrhagic Meckel's diverticulum in an older woman diagnosed by repeated angiographies.
abstract: Meckel's diverticulum is a remnant of the vitelline duct and a congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract. Hemorrhage from a Meckel's diverticulum is common in children but extremely rare in adults over 50 years of age. Very few cases have been reported to date and all prior cases were in men. Meckel's diverticulum is commonly overlooked as a possible cause of a lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage in adults. Here, we present the rare case of a 58-year-old woman with massive hemorrhage from a Meckel's diverticulum that was diagnosed by repeated emergency angiographies and treated with elective laparoscopic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University, College of Medicine, Busan, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jee Suk
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Won
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: Seun Ja
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Moo In
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Kyu Jong
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hee Kyung
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Gyu Sik
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Jung
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D014816:Vitelline Duct / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery