Inverted Meckel's diverticulum as a rare cause of severe gastrointestinal bleeding in an elderly patient. Case report of a 67-year-old woman and review of the literature

Abstract

We report an unusual case of severe bleeding from inverted Meckel's diverticulum in a 67-year-old woman. Her disease was presented with painless acute gastrointestinal bleeding.

Enteroclysis revealed a large pedunculated ileal polyp 80 cm proximal to the ileo-caecal valve. Intra-operative enteroscopy was carried out as the next step and an inverted Meckel's diverticulum was resected surgically.

The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was released from hospital ten days later.