These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Perforated leiomyosarcoma of Meckel's diverticulum: report of a case.
    Author: Nishibe M, Nishibe T, Yamashita T, Kaji M, Fukuhara I, Yasuda K.
    Journal: Surg Today; 2001; 31(2):163-5. PubMed ID: 11291713.
    Abstract:
    We report herein a case of leiomyosarcoma of Meckel's diverticulum which presented as a rare manifestation of perforation. A previously healthy 63-year-old man was referred to the Tetsujinkai Eniwa hospital following the sudden development of acute abdominal pain. Abdominal computed tomography revealed a solid mass in the pelvic cavity, and an emergency operation was performed under a provisional diagnosis of peritonitis associated with a pelvic tumor. A perforated tumoral mass was found in Meckel's diverticulum. Segmental resection of the ileum, including the tumor-bearing diverticulum, was performed along with regional lymph node dissection. Histologic examination revealed the lesion to be leiomyosarcoma.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]