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KMID : 1038820150180010066
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Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
2015 Volume.18 No. 1 p.66 ~ p.70
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Suppurative Meckel Diiverticulum in a 3-Year-Old Girl Presenting with Periumbilical Cellulitis
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Park Ji-Sook
Lim Chun Woo
Park Taejin
Cho Jae-Min
Seo Ji-Hyun
Youn Hee-Shang
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Abstract
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Meckel diverticulum (MD) is one of the most common congenital gastrointestinal anomalies and occurs in 1.2-2%of the general population. MD usually presents with massive painless rectal bleeding, intestinal obstruction or inflammationin children and adults. Suppurative Meckel diverticulitis is uncommon in children. An experience is describedof a 3-year-old girl with suppurative inflammation in a tip of MD. She complained of acute colicky abdominalpain, vomiting and periumbilical erythema. Laparoscopic surgery found a relatively long MD with necrotic and fluid-filled cystic end, which was attatched to abdominal wall caused by inflammation. Herein, we report an interestingand unusual case of a suppurative Meckel diverticulitis presenting as periumbilical cellulitis in a child. Because ofits varied presentations, MD might always be considered as one of the differential diagonosis.
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KEYWORD
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Meckel diverticulum, Suppuration, Cellulitis
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