Abstract

Internal hernia of Meckel diverticulum in elderly patient Meckel Diverticulum is the most frequent gastrointestinal congenital anomaly. General population incidence is 2%. Complications develop in 4 to 30% of the cases, where over 50% present during the first decade. This high incidence progressively decreases to cero in elderly patients, as some authors propose. Bowel obstruction, the most prevalent complication in adults, occurs by different mechanisms; however there is no available publication that mentions an internal hernia of Meckel Diverticulum through colonic mesentery. Meckel Diverticulum complications are rare in elderly patients; moreover an internal hernia generating bowel obstruction is even more infrequent. We present a 75-year-old male patient with bowel obstruction produced by a Meckel Diverticulum herniated through colonic mesentery.

Highlights

  • Meckel Diverticulum is the most frequent gastrointestinal congenital anomaly

  • Complications develop in 4 to 30% of the cases, where over 50% present during the first decade. This high incidence progressively decreases to cero in elderly patients, as some authors propose

  • The most prevalent complication in adults, occurs by different mechanisms; there is no available publication that mentions an internal hernia of Meckel Diverticulum through colonic mesentery

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Internal hernia of Meckel diverticulum in elderly patient

Meckel Diverticulum is the most frequent gastrointestinal congenital anomaly. General population incidence is 2%. El divertículo de Meckel (DM), es la anomalía congénita más frecuente del tracto gastrointestinal. La obstrucción intestinal (OI), complicación más frecuente en adultos, tiene distintos mecanismos patogénicos; sin embargo, no hay literatura disponible que mencione la hernia interna del DM en el mesenterio colónico. La relevancia de la presencia de un DM, radica en la posibilidad de desarrollar complicaciones; éstas se presentan en 4 a 30%5 de las personas afectadas, siendo 2 a 3 veces más frecuentes en el sexo masculino y destacan entre ellas la hemorragia, inflamación y obstrucción Intestinal. Se han planteado distintos mecanismos que influyen en su desarrollo, sin embargo, no hay literatura, nacional ni internacional, que mencione la hernia interna del Divertículo de Meckel en el mesenterio colónico, como causa de esta complicación.

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