Softball injury causing haemoperitoneum due to ruptured Meckel's mesodiverticular band.
A 16-year-old male sustained an intra-abdominal haemorrhage after diving for last base during a softball game. At laparotomy a ruptured patent mesodiverticular band supplying a large Meckel's diverticulum was found. Traumatic rupture of a mesodiverticular band leading to massive intra-abdominal haemorrhage is a rare event, and has never been reported as a single injury or in the context of a sport's injury.
North Shore Hospital, Waitemata District Health Board, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand.
Julie
J
Woodfield
Mark
M
Barnett
Peter
P
Shapkov
D000293:Adolescent; D001484:Baseball / Q000293:injuries*; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D012421:Rupture; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed