Meckel’s Diverticulitis Secondary To Actinomycosis Case Report And Review Of The Literature

Abstract

Meckel’s diverticulum has an incidence of 2%. The lifetime risk of complications is 4%. Diverticulitis accounts for 20% of the complications. Multiple organisms have been reported to cause this inflammation: Actinomyces, Schistosoma mansoni, Taenia saginata, and Ascaris lumbricoides. We present a case of Meckel’s diverticulitis complicated by Actinomycosis in a young female presenting with peri-umbilical abdominal pain. Meckel’s diverticulitis and abdominal Actinomycosis are both rare entities; the combination of the two has only been reported once. We hope that this case report will raise the index of suspicion of our readers to include Meckel’s diverticulitis secondary to actinomycosis in their next differential diagnosis of abdominal pain.