Complete intestinal occlusion due to plastered Meckel’s diverticulitis

Abstract

The most common congenital gastrointestinal anomaly is Meckel’s diverticulum, it is a true diverticula, because it contains all the layers of the intestine. It is usually asymptomatic. The diagnosis in the remaining 80% is incidental and is made by surgical findings. It has a complication risk of 2-40%, the most frequent being hemorrhage, intestinal obstruction and diverticulitis. The occlusive form of presentation is rare and requires a high index of suspicion