Symptomatic inverted Meckel's diverticulum. Case report

Silver, B.; Demos, T.

Journal of the Canadian Association of Radiologists 34(4): 314-315

1983


ISSN/ISBN: 0008-2902
PMID: 6668298
Document Number: 197350
The radiographic diagnosis of Meckel's diverticulum in an asymptomatic individual is extremely difficult. Complications of the diverticulum may make preoperative diagnosis possible. A persistent, elongated filling defect within the distal ileum in a patient with chronic blood loss and symptoms of partial obstruction is most likely to be due to an inverted Meckel's diverticulum.

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