Giant Meckel′s diverticulum with "daughter"/"grand-daughter" diverticula: an "on-table" surprise at an acute abdomen
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Giant Meckel's Diverticulum with “Daughter”/“Grand-daughter” Diverticula: An “On-Table” Surprise at an Acute Abdomen
Sir, Meckel’s diverticulum (MD) is one of the common entities tackled by a general surgeon. Although it has an array of clinical presentations, we came across an unusual intraoperative finding that surprised us on the operating table during an emergency abdominal exploration. The purpose of this paper is to make the surgical fraternity aware of such an atypical, however, clinically relevant fin...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2141-9248
DOI: 10.4103/2141-9248.138051