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- Title
Axial torsion of Meckel's diverticulum.
- Authors
Tiong, Vincent T. Y.; Shimpi, Trishna; Shikhare, Sumer; Chong, Lester R. C.; Peh, Wilfred C. G.
- Abstract
The article presents the case history of a 44-year-old man with axial torsion of Meckel's diverticulum. The patient complained of central umbilical and right iliac fossa pain for 1 day and was then presented to the emergency department of the hospital. Axial torsion, an infarction of Meckel’s diverticulum, was revealed on exploratory laparotomy.
- Subjects
MECKEL diverticulum; GASTROINTESTINAL system abnormalities; ABDOMINAL surgery; DIAGNOSTIC imaging; INTESTINAL diseases
- Publication
ANZ Journal of Surgery, 2018, Vol 88, Issue 11, pE809
- ISSN
1445-1433
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ans.13889