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A case of intussuscepted and incarcerated Meckel's diverticulum in to the cecum.
BACKGROUND: Intussusception with the Meckel's diverticulum is rare cause of small bowel obstruction in the adults. The Meckel diverticulum is the most common cause of intestinal obstruction in children. METHODS (CASE REPORT): We present a case of 18-year-old boy with developing signs of small bowel obstruction The onset of disease was the day before the first examination. There was no hystory of prior surgery. According to the clinical symptoms, physical examinations as well as radiographic and ultrasound examination, surgical treatment was indicated. Surgical approach was inferior medial laparotomy. Intussusceptions of the Meckel's diverticulum and into the coecum with incarceration were found. Desincarceration and simple diverticulectomy was done.
CONCLUSION: The Meckels's diverticulum should be consider as a possible cause of the small bowel obs-truction in previously healthy patient.
CONCLUSION: The Meckels's diverticulum should be consider as a possible cause of the small bowel obs-truction in previously healthy patient.
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