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Query: UMLS:C0153429 (
Meckel's diverticulum
)
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This case report of a patient with a large
Meckel's diverticulum
with associated stagnation and bacterial proliferation demonstrates the resultant metabolic and nutritional alterations that have classically been described with the blind loop syndrome. A lesion as large as the one presented herein has rarely been reported with iron, vitamin
B12
, and folic acid deficiency anemias secondary to the contaminated small bowel (ileum) syndrome. A discussion of the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of this disorder and the multiple disease entities incorporated in the contaminated small bowel syndrome are included.
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PMID:Malabsorption secondary to Meckel's diverticulum. 713 71
