Giant Meckel's diverticulum presenting as tumor
Bouin, H.; Diard, F.; Vergnes, P.; Nicolau, A.; Bernard, S.
Archives Francaises de Pediatrie 43(8): 637-639
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-9764 PMID: 3545125 Document Number: 277008
The authors report a case of giant Meckel's diverticulum, presenting as a subumbilical abdominal mass, associated with an infectious picture and anemia in a 16 month-old boy. Epidemiologic, pathologic and clinical features of this rare disorder are reviewed as are the diagnostic means. The differential diagnosis with other cystic masses of the umbilical area (omphalo-mesenteric duct cyst, urachal cyst, mesenteric cyst, duplication) is discussed.