Spontaneous hemoperitoneum caused by meckel's diverticulum in an elder patient.
Symptomatic Meckel's Diverticulum is a rare entity in old patients. The most common complications are gastrointestinal bleeding, intestinal obstruction, acute inflammation, and perforation. Usually those complications occur on the first two decades of life and mostly before the fifth decade. We report an extremely unusual debut of Meckel's Diverticulum, presented as massive spontaneous hemoperitoneum in an 82-year-old man without gastrointestinal bleeding. A literature review of atraumatic hemoperitoneum as presentation of Meckel's diverticulum was made.
Department of General Surgery, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Ctra Del Rosario 145, 38010 Sta. Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
Adriá
A
Rosat
Department of General Surgery, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Ctra Del Rosario 145, 38010 Sta. Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
Eduardo
E
Pérez
Department of General Surgery, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Ctra Del Rosario 145, 38010 Sta. Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
Hanna Hernández
HH
Oaknin
Department of General Surgery, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Ctra Del Rosario 145, 38010 Sta. Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
Javier
J
Mendiz
Department of General Surgery, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Ctra Del Rosario 145, 38010 Sta. Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
Guillermo
G
Hernández
Transplantation Surgery Unit and General Surgery Service, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Ctra. Del Rosario 145, 38010 Sta Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
Manuel
M
Barrera
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis
Meckel´s diverticulum; old patient; spontaneous hemoperitoneum