PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | meckel diverticulum |
| Phenotype | C0012813|diverticulitis |
| Sentences | 3 |
| PubMedID- 23507841 | Surgical complications associated with a. lumbricoides infestation include diverticulitis, gangrene or perforation of the meckel's diverticulum. |
| PubMedID- 20529382 | Two cases had direct complications (diverticulitis, diverticulitis with perforation) of meckel's diverticulum by roundworms, both cases were a male children. |
| PubMedID- 22643517 | The lifetime risk of complications of a meckel's diverticulum, including diverticulitis, bleeding and obstruction, is approximately 4% to 6%,2–4,8,9 and 40% of these occur in children younger than age 10.9 it is difficult to diagnose preoperatively, because its presentation commonly mimics such disorders as appendicitis, peptic ulcer disease, and crohn's-appendicitis being the most common preoperative diagnosis.1,10 therefore, a complicated meckel's diverticulum should be considered in any patient with unexplained abdominal pain, particularly younger patients. |
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