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Meckel's Diverticulum: A Case Report

Abstract

Pantea Tajik* and Alireza Moghimi

Meckel's diverticula are located along the antimesenteric border of the distal ileum and may contain rests of ectopic tissue. It can be silent or become symptomatic at any age. The symptoms are intestinal obstruction, gastrointestinal bleeding and intussusception. This case is about 11 years old boy with severe rectal bleeding and anemia that after Meckel's scan we can diagnosed the source of bleeding so with surgery the boy was cured.

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