title: Giant Meckel's diverticulitis: a rare condition complicating pregnancy.
abstract: A 33-year-old pregnant woman presented with peritonitis at the right iliac fossa. Preoperative ultrasonography identified an 8-cm tubular structure at the tender point that was mistaken as appendicitis. Emergency operation finally confirmed a 12-cm giant Meckel's diverticulum with genuine inflammation and imminent perforation. The patient made an uneventful recovery after Meckel's diverticulectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Yuen Shan
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Shirley Yuk-wah
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Simon Siu-man
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: Vivien Wai-yin
authors.initials: VW
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Oi Sze
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Mak
authors.forename: Jimmy Chak-man
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Janet Fung-yee
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004238:Diverticulitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*