%0 Journal Article
%T Bleeding Meckel’s diverticulum in a 4-month-old infant: Treatment with laparoscopic diverticulectomy. A case report and review of the literature
%A J Rainer Poley
%A Thomas E Thielen
%A Jeffrey C Pence
%J Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology
%D 2009
%I Dove Medical Press
%X J Rainer Poley1, Thomas E Thielen2, Jeffrey C Pence31Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; 2Resident in Pediatrics; 3Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Surgery, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USAAbstract: A bleeding Meckel¡¯s diverticulum is presented in a 4-month-old African American infant. This event is rare at this age, and our patient is only the second 4-month-old infant reported in the English literature. The infant presented with painless frank rectal bleeding, the blood being maroon-colored, and clots were found in the diaper. There was also anemia, with an hemoglobin of less than 8 gm/dl. The color of the blood suggested a bleeding site in the ileocecal region, a Meckel¡¯s diverticulum was suspected, which was then confirmed by an isotope scan. A typical Meckel¡¯s diverticulum was found on laparoscopic surgery, was excised, and the infant made an uneventful recovery. Keywords: infant-bleeding Meckel¡¯s diverticulum, laparoscopic diverticulectomy
%U http://www.dovepress.com/bleeding-meckelrsquos-diverticulum-in-a-4-month-old-infant-treatment-w-a3066