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Query: UMLS:C0153429 (
Meckel's diverticulum
)
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A 25-year-old woman ingested a quarter. Three days later, lower abdominal pain, fever, chills, and physical findings compatible with
pelvic inflammatory disease
developed. Radiographic examination showed the coin in the middle pelvis. Persistent abdominal complaints, abnormal physical examination, and failure of the coin to progress through the gastrointestinal tract despite conservative management led to surgical intervention. Exploration revealed an inflammatory process in the posterior uterine culde-sac with multiple omental, small bowel, and uterine adhesions due to perforation of a
Meckel's diverticulum
. Excision of the
Meckel's diverticulum
was done, and the patient recovered satisfactorily.
...
PMID:Perforation of a Meckel's diverticulum caused by ingestion of a coin. 805 93
