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Case report
Rare case of a patient with symptomatic Meckel’s diverticulum enteroliths
  1. Rory Callan1,
  2. Nazrin Assaf1,
  3. Muhammad Imtiaz Shaikh2 and
  4. Dipankar Chattopadhyay1
  1. 1General Surgery, Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bedford, UK
  2. 2Department of Radiology, Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bedford, UK
  1. Correspondence to Rory Callan; rory.callan{at}live.com

Abstract

A 61-year-old man presented with non-specific abdominal symptoms, including left groin pain and change in bowel habits. Investigations revealed a cystic lesion, containing numerous irregular calcifications, with the primary differential being a dermoid cyst containing teeth-like calcifications. At laparoscopy it was found to be a Meckel’s diverticulum, containing a large number of enteroliths. This case revealed the importance of considering enteroliths in patients with imaging showing intra-abdominal calcifications, and laparoscopy for diagnosis and treatment.

  • general surgery
  • gastrointestinal surgery
  • small intestine

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-240815

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    • Contributors RC contributed to the conception, design and drafting of the work, NA, MS and DC contributed by revising it critically for important intellectual content and final approval of the version.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent for publication Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.