PERFORATION OF MECKEL’S DIVERTICULUM BY CHICKEN WISHBONE – A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE.
Sayani Banerjee
, Indraneel Dasgupta
, S. Mondal
, Rudraneel Kumar
, S Kar Purkayastha
, Saptarshi Saha
and Sudip Chakraborty.
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Peerless Hospitex Hospital and Research Centre Limited, Kolkata, India.
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Acute abdomen caused by perforation of Meckel’s diverticulum by foreign body is extremely rare in adults. In this article, we report a case of perforated Meckel’s diverticulum by a chicken bone with localized peritonitis in a 16-year old boy who presented to the hospital with complains of abdominal pain, episodes of vomiting and fever mimicking acute appendicitis. The purpose of this report is a review of the literature and to record a further case of perforation of Meckel’s diverticulum by a foreign body.
[Sayani Banerjee, Indraneel Dasgupta, S. Mondal, Rudraneel Kumar, S Kar Purkayastha, Saptarshi Saha and Sudip Chakraborty. (2016); PERFORATION OF MECKEL’S DIVERTICULUM BY CHICKEN WISHBONE – A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 4 (Jun). 1935-1941] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
