Difficulty in identifying a bleeding Meckel's diverticulum: case report and review of the literature.
Meckel's diverticulum is the most commonly occurring congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract. Diagnosis is usually made by scintigraphy using 99Tc(m) pertechnetate, with low accuracy in adults. We describe a case report and review the literature for difficulties in identifying a recurrent bleeding Meckel's diverticulum. Our patient had a "bladder diverticulum" on scintigraphy, which led to delay in diagnosis. The use of bladder lavage during scintigraphy may assist in distinguishing a Meckel's diverticulum from a bladder diverticulum.
Brenes
Robert A
RA
Saint Mary's Hospital, The Stanley J. Dudrick Department of Surgery, Waterbury, USA.
Abbas
Hussain M A
HM
Palesty
J Alexander
JA
Tripodi
Guiseppe
G
D000328:Adult; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m