Case Report
Year: 2017 | Month: February | Volume: 7 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 331-333
Varied Clinical Presentations of Meckel’s Diverticulum
Venita Kapur1, Shreedevi K.N2, Bhupinder Singh Walia3
1Professor, 2Resident, 3Assistant Professor,
Department of Surgery, Guru Nanak Dev Hospital/ Government Medical College, Amritsar.
Corresponding Author: Shreedevi K.N
ABSTRACT
Meckel's diverticulum is a common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract. They are largely asymptomatic; complications are rare and include diverticulitis, bleeding and obstruction. This is a report on three cases; two cases of gangrenous Meckel’s diverticulum in male patients aged nine and thirty-five, presenting to the emergency with features suggestive of acute appendicitis, and one case of incidental finding of Meckel’s diverticulum in a twenty-two year old female undergoing routine elective LSCS (lower segment Caesarian section). Diverticulectomy was performed in both male patients; whereas the diverticulum in the female patient was left in-situ as there were no signs of bleeding, inflammation, or obstruction.
Key words: Meckel’s diverticulum, appendicitis, diverticulectomy