Clinics and Practice 2011; volume 1:e51 Meckel’s diverticulitis causing 92.8% neutrophils), raised serum amylase (468 U/L) and raised urinary amylase (769 Correspondence: Vishalkumar Shelat, small bowel obstruction by a U/L). Serum lipase, electrolytes, creatinine Department of General Surgery, Tan Tock Seng novel mechanism and liver function tests were unremarkable. Hospital, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore Chest and abdominal films were unremark - 308433, Singapore. E-mail:
[email protected] Vishalkumar G. Shelat, Kaiwen Kelvin Li, able. The patient underwent computed tomog - Anil Rao, Tay Sze Guan raphy (CT) scan of her abdomen/pelvis on the Key words: Meckel’s diverticulum; Meckel’s diver - first day of admission which showed mild Department of General Surgery, Tan Tock ticulitis; small bowel obstruction. dilatation of the small bowels, particularly in Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore the distal jejunum and proximal ileum with Received for publication: 4 May 2011. thickening of the bowel wall and submucosal Accepted for publication: 21 June 2011. oedema. No transition point was seen on the CT scan (Figure 1). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Abstract Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BY- She received symptomatic treatment. NC 3.0). However, her abdomen became increasingly Meckel’s diverticulum occurs in 2% of the distended and she developed vomiting over ©Copyright V.G. Shelat et al., 2011 general population and majority of patients next three days. A repeat CT scan of the Licensee PAGEPress, Italy remain asymptomatic. Gastrointestinal bleed - abdomen/pelvis was performed on the fourth Clinics and Practice 2011; 1:e51 ing is the most common presentation in the day of admission and this showed interval doi:10.4081/cp.2011.e51 paediatric population.