穿孔性メッケル憩室炎:憩室炎から敗血症への稀な進行
Manuela Montatore1, Maria Grazia Capasso2, Federica Masino1
1Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Foggia University School of Medicine, Foggia, FG 71122, Italy.
Radiology case reports
|January 8, 2026
まとめ
穿孔性メッケル憩室(MD)は稀であるが生命を脅かす状態である。本症例は、憩室炎から穿孔への進行を強調し、早期認識と外科的介入の必要性を強調する。
科学分野:
- 消化器病学
- 外科病理学
- 診断画像検査
背景:
- メッケル憩室(MD)は最も一般的な先天性消化管奇形であり、人口の約2%に見られる。
- 多くの場合無症状であるが、MDは憩室炎、閉塞、出血、穿孔などの重篤な合併症を引き起こす可能性がある。
- 穿孔性MDは急性虫垂炎と頻繁に類似し、診断上の課題と治療の遅れにつながる。
研究 の 目的:
- 穿孔性メッケル憩室の症例を提示すること。
- メッケル憩室の憩室炎から穿孔への放射線学的進行を例示すること。
- 合併症のあるMDの早期認識と適時外科的管理の重要性を強調すること。
主な方法:
- 急性虫垂炎を模倣した症状で来院した58歳男性患者。
- 診断画像検査には超音波検査と3回の造影CT検査が含まれた。
- 患者は試験的開腹術と穿孔性MDの切除を受けた。
主要な成果:
- 初期超音波検査で虫垂炎を除外し、MDの疑いを高めた。;造影CT検査で急性憩室炎を確認し、その後、微小穿孔の兆候を経て、最終的に気腹症と腹腔内液体を伴う自由穿孔に至った。;患者は臨床的敗血症を発症し、外科的介入が必要となった。
結論:
- 穿孔性メッケル憩室は稀であるが、致命的となりうる状態である。
- 連続CT画像検査は、憩室炎から穿孔への進行を示すことができる。
- 穿孔性MDの転帰を改善するためには、迅速な診断と外科的管理が不可欠である。
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