probe coagulation, and endoclipping at the neck or dome of the diverticulum are the treatments most frequently used for bleeding diverticula [1,2]. We obtained hemostasis of a bleeding diverticulum by approximating the margins of the diverti− culum. A 77−year−old man was admitted for painless hematochezia. At admission he had hemoglobin level 8.1 g/dL and hematocrit 24%. After bowel preparation...

INTRODUCTION Meckel's diverticulum is the most common congenital abnormality of the gastrointestinal tract. The perforation of a Meckel's diverticulum by a foreign body is a very rare complication. CASE PRESENTATION A 61-year-old male presented to the Emergency Department with complaints with abdominal pain and fever, and abdominal rebound tenderness on physical examination. An intestinal per...

We report an exceptional case of intestinal ischaemia requiring resection, secondary to torsion around a long Meckel's diverticulum. Meckel's diverticulum is an uncommon congenital abnormality of the small bowel. Meckel's diverticulum giving rise to intestinal ischaemia that requires resection is very rare but potentially fatal complication. A 62 year old woman presented as an emergency with su...

A clinical case of a 12 year-old girl with hydrocephalus complicated by rare condition, lateral ventricular diverticulum, is reported. Progression of the diverticulum was followed up according to MRI. The diverticulum of the lateral ventricular wall has emerged in the interval of 1 year (14 months have passed between the two MRI examinations) and spread towards the quadrigeminal cistern. In add...

INTRODUCTION Giant colonic diverticulum is a rare complication of colonic diverticulosis that occurs when a single diverticulum enlarges to over 4cm in diameter. There have been fewer than 200 cases reported worldwide since it was first described in 1946. PRESENTATION OF CASE The author presents a rare case of a giant colonic diverticulum that presented as a sigmoid volvulus. The patient unde...

Hernias containing incarcerated Meckel's diverticulum are rare and often asymptomatic. The proper preoperative diagnosis is difficult to establish. The presence of a Meckel's diverticulum incarcerated in a hernia should be consider in a differential diagnosis of abdominal disease that is not sufficiently apparent. We present a case of a 22 years old male patient with a Meckel's diverticulum inc...

Meckel's diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly of gastrointestinal tract, occurring in 2% of the population. More than 80% of patients are asymptomatic. Complications like intestinal obstruction, bleeding and inflammation of Meckel's diverticulum occur in 4% of patients. The case of a 42-year-old male patient with axial torsion and gangrene of giant Meckel's diverticulum is presented.

septum in a large mid-esophageal diverticulum A 72-year-old man who was complaining of dysphagia, regurgitation, and difficulty with passage through the esophagus was diagnosed with a mid-esophageal diverticulum with a diameter of 40mm. A contrast esophagogram (●" Fig.1), a computed tomography (CT) scan (●" Fig.2), and an endoscopic examination revealed that the diverticulum had a narrow neck a...