%0 Journal Article %T V¨®lvulo intestinal secundario a divert¨ªculo de Meckel %A Massotto -Chaves %A Horacio %A Z¨²£¿iga -L¨®pez %A Laura %J Acta M¨¦dica Costarricense %D 2003 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X meckel¡äs diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract. in most cases it is found incidentaly during a laparotomy or in autopsies. when it is simptomatic (in about 4% of cases) it could be sencondary to ulceration, bleeding or perforation due to ectopic gastric mucosa; to inflamation or to intestinal obstruction, as in the case presented here. %K abdomen agudo %K v¨®lvulo intestinal %K divert¨ªculo de meckel. %U http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0001-60022003000400009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en