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  • Title: Acute Meckel's diverticulum in a senior patient.
    Author: Campione O, Tonini V, Cervellera M, Marrano N, Pasqualini E, Avanzolini A, Lenzi F.
    Journal: Minerva Chir; 1998 Sep; 53(9):743-5. PubMed ID: 9866943.
    Abstract:
    Meckel's diverticulum is the most common congenital abnormality of the intestinal tract, occurring in 2% of autoptic studies. The case of an 85-year-old man referred to the Emergency Surgery Unit for intestinal obstruction and lower gastrointestinal tract bleeding is reported. Surgical exploration revealed a complicated Meckel's diverticulum full of coproliths, immersed in pus and blood. Examination of the resected diverticulum showed necrotic diverticulitis in the absence of ectopic gastric or pancreatic tissues.
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