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Meckel Diverticulum: Multimedia

Author: Ali Nawaz Khan, MBBS, FRCS, FRCP, FRCR, LRCP, Chairman of Medical Imaging, Professor of Radiology, NGHA, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Coauthor(s): Muthusamy Chandramohan, MBBS, DMRD, FRCR, Consultant Radiologist, Bradford Teaching Hospitals, UK; Sumaira MacDonald, MBChB, PhD, MRCP, FRCR, Lecturer, Sheffield University Medical School; Endovascular Fellow, Sheffield Vascular Institute
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Updated: May 6, 2008

Multimedia

Diagram shows a Meckel diverticulum with vitellin...
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Media file 1: Diagram shows a Meckel diverticulum with vitelline ligament.
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Diagram shows a Meckel diverticulum with vitellin...

Diagram shows a Meckel diverticulum with vitelline ligament.

Diagram shows a cyst within a fibrous cord connec...
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Media file 2: Diagram shows a cyst within a fibrous cord connecting the umbilicus to the intestine.
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Diagram shows a cyst within a fibrous cord connec...

Diagram shows a cyst within a fibrous cord connecting the umbilicus to the intestine.

Diagram shows a patent vitellointestinal duct.
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Media file 3: Diagram shows a patent vitellointestinal duct.
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Diagram shows a patent vitellointestinal duct.

Diagram shows a patent vitellointestinal duct.

Diagram of a Meckel diverticulum.
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Media file 4: Diagram of a Meckel diverticulum.
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Diagram of a Meckel diverticulum.

Diagram of a Meckel diverticulum.

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Media file 5: Prone and supine radiographs of the right side of the abdomen obtained during an upper GI barium series in a 13-year-old boy shows the terminal small bowel and a Meckel diverticulum (arrow).
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Prone and supine radiographs of the right side of the abdomen obtained during an upper GI barium series in a 13-year-old boy shows the terminal small bowel and a Meckel diverticulum (arrow).

Technetium-99m pertechnetate scan in a 12-year-ol...
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Media file 6: Technetium-99m pertechnetate scan in a 12-year-old boy who presented with intermittent dull abdominal pain and a mild iron deficiency anemia. On the present occasion, the pain appeared more severe and was associated with occasional vomiting; thus, the child was hospitalized. This 90-minute delayed image shows focal activity in the mid abdomen. The activity is more diffuse than is expected with Meckel diverticulum. At surgery, an inflamed Meckel diverticulum containing ectopic gastric mucosa was removed. The Meckel diverticulum had intussuscepted into the terminal small bowel.
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Technetium-99m pertechnetate scan in a 12-year-ol...

Technetium-99m pertechnetate scan in a 12-year-old boy who presented with intermittent dull abdominal pain and a mild iron deficiency anemia. On the present occasion, the pain appeared more severe and was associated with occasional vomiting; thus, the child was hospitalized. This 90-minute delayed image shows focal activity in the mid abdomen. The activity is more diffuse than is expected with Meckel diverticulum. At surgery, an inflamed Meckel diverticulum containing ectopic gastric mucosa was removed. The Meckel diverticulum had intussuscepted into the terminal small bowel.

Technetium-99m pertechnetate scan in a 12-year-ol...
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Media file 7: Technetium-99m pertechnetate scan in a 12-year-old boy who presented with intermittent dull abdominal pain and a mild iron deficiency anemia. On the present occasion, the pain appeared more severe and was associated with occasional vomiting; thus, the child was hospitalized. This 90-minute delayed image shows focal activity in the mid abdomen. The activity is more diffuse than is expected with Meckel diverticulum. At surgery, an inflamed Meckel diverticulum containing ectopic gastric mucosa was removed. The Meckel diverticulum had intussuscepted into the terminal small bowel.
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Technetium-99m pertechnetate scan in a 12-year-ol...

Technetium-99m pertechnetate scan in a 12-year-old boy who presented with intermittent dull abdominal pain and a mild iron deficiency anemia. On the present occasion, the pain appeared more severe and was associated with occasional vomiting; thus, the child was hospitalized. This 90-minute delayed image shows focal activity in the mid abdomen. The activity is more diffuse than is expected with Meckel diverticulum. At surgery, an inflamed Meckel diverticulum containing ectopic gastric mucosa was removed. The Meckel diverticulum had intussuscepted into the terminal small bowel.

Technetium-99m pertechnetate scan in an 8 year-ol...
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Media file 8: Technetium-99m pertechnetate scan in an 8 year-old boy who presented with iron deficiency anemia. The scan shows intense activity just above the urinary bladder, which was thought to represent an end-on Meckel diverticulum. The surgical specimen confirmed this finding.
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Technetium-99m pertechnetate scan in an 8 year-ol...

Technetium-99m pertechnetate scan in an 8 year-old boy who presented with iron deficiency anemia. The scan shows intense activity just above the urinary bladder, which was thought to represent an end-on Meckel diverticulum. The surgical specimen confirmed this finding.

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Further Reading

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Keywords

Meckel's diverticulum, Meckel diverticula, diverticulum of the ileum, intestinal obstruction, intestinal hemorrhage, hernia of Littre

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Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Ali Nawaz Khan, MBBS, FRCS, FRCP, FRCR, LRCP, Chairman of Medical Imaging, Professor of Radiology, NGHA, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ali Nawaz Khan, MBBS, FRCS, FRCP, FRCR, LRCP is a member of the following medical societies: American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, Radiological Society of North America, Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of the United States, Royal College of Radiologists, and Royal College of Surgeons of England
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Coauthor(s)

Muthusamy Chandramohan, MBBS, DMRD, FRCR, Consultant Radiologist, Bradford Teaching Hospitals, UK
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Sumaira MacDonald, MBChB, PhD, MRCP, FRCR, Lecturer, Sheffield University Medical School; Endovascular Fellow, Sheffield Vascular Institute
Sumaira MacDonald, MBChB, PhD, MRCP, FRCR is a member of the following medical societies: British Medical Association, Royal College of Physicians, and Royal College of Radiologists
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Medical Editor

Robert J Starshak, MD, Medical Director, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Falls Medical Group
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Pharmacy Editor

Bernard D Coombs, MB, ChB, PhD, Consulting Staff, Department of Specialist Rehabilitation Services, Hutt Valley District Health Board, New Zealand
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Managing Editor

David A Stringer, BSc, MBBS, FRCR, FRCPC, Professor, National University of Singapore; Head, Diagnostic Imaging, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore
David A Stringer, BSc, MBBS, FRCR, FRCPC is a member of the following medical societies: British Columbia Medical Association, Canadian Association of Radiologists, European Society of Paediatric Radiology, Ontario Medical Association, Radiological Society of North America, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Royal College of Radiologists, and Society for Pediatric Radiology
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CME Editor

Robert M Krasny, MD, Consulting Staff, Department of Radiology, The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute
Robert M Krasny, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Roentgen Ray Society and Radiological Society of North America
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Chief Editor

John Karani, MBBS, FRCR, Consulting Staff, Department of Radiology, King's College Hospital, London
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