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Year :2024
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Month :
November-December
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Volume :
13
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Issue :
6
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Page :
SC04 - SC06
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Acute Intestinal Obstruction due to Complicated Meckel’s Diverticulum in an Adult: A Case Report
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Correspondence Address :
Arundhati Negi, Geofia Shaina Crasta, Bharath Kumar Bhat,
Geofia Shaina Crasta,
Green Tower Ladies Tailoring Building, Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Street, Mussalla Area, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
E-mail: geofiacrasta@gmail.com
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Introduction: Meckel’s Diverticulum (MD) occurs in about 2% of the population. Symptomatic MD after the age of 50 years is extremely rare. Hereby, the authors present a case of MD in a 54-year-old female with no previous surgeries, who presented with features suggestive of intestinal obstruction. Diagnostic laparoscopy revealed that the cause of the obstruction was an inflamed MD with a band extending to the inferior aspect of the liver. A laparoscopic release of the band was performed, along with resection of the diverticular segment and the inflamed segment of the ileum, followed by end-to-end anastomosis. The patient recovered well with no postoperative complications. MD causing intestinal obstruction in a middle-aged population is extremely rare and requires careful attention for diagnosis; it is almost always discovered through surgery.
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