An Uncommon Location of Meckel's Diverticulum or Small Intestine Duplication? Case Report and Literature Review

• Authors: Dominik Walczak , Wojciech Fałek , Jacek Zakrzewski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Meckel's diverticulum is the most common congenital abnormality of alimentary tract. The antimesenteric location is one of the cardinal attribiutes of this pathology. We report case which tries to verify this dogma. The literature regarding uncommon location of Meckel's diverticulum was also reviewed.

Keywords

EN

Meckel's diverticulum; enteric cysts; duplications of the alimentary tract

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Polish Journal of Surgery
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 83
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 457-460

Dates

published

1 - 8 - 2011

online

4 - 10 - 2011

Contributors

author

Dominik Walczak

• Department of General Surgery, John Paul II Memorial Hospital in Bełchatów

author

Wojciech Fałek

• Department of General Surgery, John Paul II Memorial Hospital in Bełchatów

author

Jacek Zakrzewski

• Department of General Surgery, John Paul II Memorial Hospital in Bełchatów

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10035-011-0071-z