Hemorrhagic Meckel's diverticulum in an older woman diagnosed by repeated angiographies.
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.
Lee
Jee Suk
JS
Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University, College of Medicine, Busan, South Korea.
Moon
Won
W
Park
Seun Ja
SJ
Park
Moo In
MI
Kim
Kyu Jong
KJ
Lee
Sang Ho
SH
Chang
Hee Kyung
HK
Jung
Gyu Sik
GS
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