Uchiyama Shuichiro, Sannomiya Ichiro, Hidaka Hideki, Oshikawa Shotaro, Ashizuka Shinya, Chijiiwa Kazuo
Department of Surgical Oncology and Regulation of Organ Function daggerDepartment of Internal Medicine, Miyazaki University School of Medicine, Miyazaki, Japan.
Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2010 Aug;20(4):278-80. doi: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e3181f2f4a8.
Meckel diverticulum is one of the causes of gastrointestinal bleeding; however, preoperative conclusive diagnosis is very difficult even with the use of various radiologic modalities. The development of double-balloon enteroscopy enables us to diagnose various bleeding source, including Meckel diverticulum, in the small intestine. We herein report a case of bleeding Meckel diverticulum, diagnosed by double-balloon enteroscopy and treated successfully by laparoscopic surgery, and review of the literature.
