Abstract

CORRALES PINZON, Ricardo; GRISALES LOAIZA, Luis Fernando; SANTOS MONTON, Cecilia  and  GONZALEZ DE LA HUEBRA-LABRADOR, Teresa. Intestinal obstruction secondary to Meckel's diverticulitis by enterolith: a case report. Revista médica Risaralda [online]. 2014, vol.20, n.1, pp.50-52. ISSN 0122-0667.

Meckel's diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract. It is a true diverticulum, as it contains all layers of the intestinal wall. It is typically asymptomatic and detected incidentally on diagnostic imaging tests. It presents a 2-40% risk of complications, and the most common ones are hemorrhage, intestinal obstruction and diverticulitis. We presented the case of a 5 2-year-old male patient who was referred to the emergency department of the University Hospital of Salamanca (Spain) with abdominal pain, infectious symptoms besides intestinal obstruction. The imaging tests led to the diagnosis of intestinal obstruction secondary to Meckel's diverticulitis caused by an enterolith. A surgical intervention confirmed the radiological findings described.

Keywords : Meckel diverticulum; tomography; X-Ray computed; Intestinal obstruction.

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