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Meckel's diverticulum associated with ileal volvulus in a neonate
1Section of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Pediatric Surgery International
|November 5, 2002
Abstract:
A symptomatic Meckel's diverticulum (MD) may manifest as an intestinal obstruction secondary to a volvulus. We describe a case of a meconium-impacted MD associated with inflammatory adhesions to adjacent viscera that presented as an intestinal obstruction in a 4-h-old infant secondary to an ileal volvulus with resultant infarction of the diverticulum and ileal segment.