Year 2018 / Volume 110 / Number 11
Review
Meckel’s diverticulum: clinical features, diagnosis and management

726-732

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2018.5628/2018

Serdar Kuru, Kemal Kismet,

Abstract
Meckel’s diverticulum is the most common anomalous development of the gastrointestinal system that results from an incomplete vitelline canal. A diagnosis is usually made during the clinical examination of presentations such as unexplained gastrointestinal bleeding, obstruction, inflammation or perforation. The purpose of this review is to provide an adequate level of knowledge of the clinical and diagnostic features as well as the management of Meckel’s diverticulum. Diagnosis of Meckel’s diverticulum may be challenging as the condition remains asymptomatic or may mimic various diseases and obscure the clinical picture. Life-threatening complications include bleeding, obstruction, inflammation and perforation. Therefore, it is essential that anatomical and pathophysiological characteristics are known in detail in order to prevent complications which will result in morbidity and mortality.
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Publication history

Received: 29/03/2018

Accepted: 03/06/2018

Online First: 23/07/2018

Published: 30/10/2018

Article revision time: 60 days

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