Radiological demonstration of Meckel's diverticulum

Craig, Oscar; Murfitt, Janet

doi:10.1002/bjs.1800671214

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“…15 Sometimes, mucosal irregularity may be seen due to ectopic gastric mucosa, 16 while filling defects can occur from blood clots in a bleeding Meckel's diverticulum. 17 Enteroclysis is more reliable than conventional barium studies in detecting the Meckel's diverticulum. In a large study consisting of 415 enteroclysis examinations, 11 out of the 13 histopathologically confirmed cases of Meckel's diverticulum were correctly identified on enteroclysis with only one falsepositive result.…”

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Radiologist's perspective for the Meckel's diverticulum and its complications

Kotha¹,

Khandelwal²,

Saboo³

et al. 2014

The British Journal of Radiology

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The Meckel's diverticulum is the commonest congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract, often presenting with complications such as gastrointestinal bleeding, intussusception, bowel obstruction and diverticulitis, which are often misdiagnosed. Imaging plays an important role in the early diagnosis and characterization of these conditions and is very helpful in decision making. The Meckel's diverticulum and its complications have myriad presentations and appearances on various imaging modalities. Thus, sound knowledge of the anatomy, embryology, clinical presentation, imaging characteristics and complications is crucial to the practice of abdominal imaging. We present a review of the literature and current radiological practices in the diagnosis and management of the Meckel's diverticulum and its various complications with special emphasis on the imaging of various complications, mimickers and pathological correlation.

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Radiologist's perspective for the Meckel's diverticulum and its complications

Kotha¹,

Khandelwal²,

Saboo³

et al. 2014

The British Journal of Radiology

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“…Meckel described, early in the nineteenth century, the anatomy and the embryology of this "unusual" ileal diverticulum. Meckel's diverticulum is not unusual, with the prevalence in autopsy records about 2% [1][2][3].…”

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Meckel's diverticulum in Amsterdam: Experience in 136 patients

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The object of this study was to establish the relation of symptomatic diverticula to the age and gender of the patients and to the presence of ectopic tissue. A total of 136 patients with surgically treated diverticula were collected from the medical charts of five Amsterdam hospitals; 51 had undergone resection because of diverticulum-related symptoms and 85 during laparotomy for other causes. Obstruction was the predominant symptom (39%) in the 51 symptomatic patients. Hemorrhage, perforation, diverticulitis, and intussusception were the other symptoms (12-14% each). Obstruction occurred mainly in patients under age 10 years and perforation in patients 10 to 30 years old. All symptoms, hemorrhage excepted, occurred two to four times more in men. Hemorrhage and perforation were associated with the presence of ectopic gastric tissue. We concluded that symptoms caused by Meckel's diverticula are mainly due to the presence of bands or ectopic gastric tissue. The symptoms manifest at an early age (77% in those under age 30) and predominantly in males. Diverticula found incidentally in patients younger than 30 years should be resected. In the older patients, resection is indicated if ectopic gastric tissue is suspected. Diverticular bands can simply be cut.

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“…Meckel's diverticulum is found in 1–3 per cent of autopsies 3 . Plonka 4 studied in detail the incidence of intussusception caused by invaginated Meckel's diverticulum and found it to be around 2 per cent of all cases of intussusception.…”

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“…Meckel's diverticulum is rarely discovered on barium follow through examination and small bowel enema is advocated for detection of Meckel's diverticulum 5 , 6 . However, Craig and Murfitt 3 are of the opinion that if the radiologist has a high index of suspicion while performing the examination, standard barium follow through examination is a satisfactory method for screening Meckel's diverticulum.…”

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Chronic Intussusception of Meckel's Diverticulum

Banerjee

1984

Int J Clinical Practice

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Radiological demonstration of Meckel's diverticulum

Cited by 14 publications

References 8 publications

Radiologist's perspective for the Meckel's diverticulum and its complications

Radiologist's perspective for the Meckel's diverticulum and its complications

Meckel's diverticulum in Amsterdam: Experience in 136 patients

Chronic Intussusception of Meckel's Diverticulum

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