Perforated Meckel's diverticulum

Hadassa Leader; Elizabeth Polott; Jamie M. Pinto; Victoriya S. Staab; Wahid Girgis; Xiu Sun; Srividya Naganathan

doi:10.1016/j.epsc.2022.102225

Perforated Meckel's diverticulum

Hadassa Leader, Elizabeth Polott, Jamie M. Pinto, Victoriya S. Staab, Wahid Girgis, Xiu Sun, Srividya Naganathan

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Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine

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Abstract

Acute abdominal pain with fever is a common presentation in the pediatric age group with a wide variety of differential diagnoses. We report a 9 year-old girl with abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea and fever with exam findings of generalized abdominal tenderness. Her initial evaluation and imaging studies did not reveal the cause of her abdominal pain. Her worsening symptoms and change in physical examination prompted appropriate additional diagnostic workup which revealed a perforated Meckel's diverticulum with peritonitis as the etiology of her symptoms.

Original language	English
Article number	102225
Journal	Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
Volume	80
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsc.2022.102225
State	Published - May 2022

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Surgery

Keywords

Abdominal Pain
Meckle's diverticulum
Perforation and peritonitis

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