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| Title: | Meckel's Diverticulum Diagnosed on Double-balloon Enteroscopy |
| Authors: | Matsushima, Kayoko
Isomoto, Hajime
Sawai, Terumitsu
Yajima, Hiroyuki
Yamaguchi, Naoyuki
Ohnita, Ken
Shikuwa, Saburo
Mizuta, Yohei
Hayashi, Tomayoshi
Kohno, Shigeru |
| Issue Date: | Sep-2008 |
| Citation: | Acta medica Nagasakiensia, 53(2), pp.47-49 ; 2007 |
| Abstract: | Background : Meckel's diverticulum is a congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract and is situated 40-130 cm from the ileocecal junction. Thus, it is difficult to detect endoscopically prior to surgery. However, double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) enables the entire small intestine to be examined.Case Report : A 29-year-old man presented with a 4-day history of melena without abdominal pain. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, colonoscopy, abdominal contrast-enhanced computed tomography, radiolabeled red cell scintigraphy, and technetium(Tc) 99m pertechnetate scintigraphy did not detect the source of bleeding. However, on retrograde DBE, a Meckel's diverticulum, which had a small ulcer, was found in the distal part of the ileum. The diverticulum was resected laparoscopically. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful; the patient continues to be in complete remission.Conclusions : This is the case of the Meckel's diverticulum that was preoperatively diagnosed using DBE. |
| Keywords: | Meckel's diverticulum
Double-balloon enteroscopy
Retrograde
Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10069/20796 |
| ISSN: | 0001-6055 |
| Relational Links: | http://joi.jlc.jst.go.jp/JST.JSTAGE/amn/53.47 |
| Type: | Departmental Bulletin Paper |
| Text Version: | publisher |
| Appears in Collections: | Volume 53, No. 2
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