Not Just Painless Bleeding: Meckel’s Diverticulum as a Cause of Small Bowel Obstruction in Children—Two Cases and a Review of the Literature

Physicians are educated with the classical teaching that symptomatic patients with Meckel’s diverticulum (MD) most often present with painless rectal bleeding. However, a review of the literature reveals that young patients with MD will most commonly present with signs of intestinal obstruction, an...

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Main Authors: Khalida Itriyeva, Matthew Harris, Joshua Rocker, Robert Gochman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/938346