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AI InsightHere, we present the rare case of a 58-year-old woman with massive hemorrhage from a Meckel's diverticulum that was diagnosed by repeated emergency angiographies and treated with elective laparoscopic surgery.
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Abstract
Meckel's diverticulum is a remnant of the vitelline duct and a congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract. Hemorrhage from a Meckel's diverticulum is common in children but extremely rare in adults over 50 years of age. Very few cases have been reported to date and all prior cases were in men. Meckel's diverticulum is commonly overlooked as a possible cause of a lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage in adults. Here, we present the rare case of a 58-year-old woman with massive hemorrhage from a Meckel's diverticulum that was diagnosed by repeated emergency angiographies and treated with elective laparoscopic surgery.
Özet
Meckel's diverticulum is usually overlooked as a possible cause of lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage in adults (4-6). We report the case of a 58-yearold woman with a gastrointestinal hemorrhage secondary to a Meckel's diverticulum diagnosed by Meckel divertikülü, vitellin kanalın artığıdır ve gastrointestinal sistemin konjenital anomalileri arasında yer almaktadır. Meckel divertikülünden kanama çocuklarda sık karşılaşılan bir durum olmasına karşılık, bu durum 50 yaşını aşmış erişkinlerde nadirdir. Günümüze kadar oldukça az sayıda vaka bildirilmiştir ve bundan önce yayınlanmış vakaların hepsi erkektir. Burada, massif gastrointestinal kanama nedeni ile acil koşullarda yapılan birçok anjiografik inceleme sonucunda hemorajik Meckel divertikülü tanısı alan 58 yaşındaki kadın hasta sunulmuştur.