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Query: UMLS:C0019270 (
hernia
)
15,856
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Meckel's diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastro-intestinal tract. It arises as a result of incomplete dissolution of the vitello-intestinal duct. Approximately 4% of patients with Meckel's diverticula develop complications, most commonly obstruction, gastro-intestinal bleeding and inflammation. We describe three unusual presentations of Meckel's diverticulum-perforation due to ingested foreign body, a smooth
muscle neoplasm
simulating an ovarian tumour, and a Littre's
hernia
.
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PMID:Meckel's diverticulum-rare complications and review of the literature. 882 71
