TY - JOUR AU - Shrestha, MK AU - Gurubacharya, RL AU - Devkota, K AU - Agarwal, N PY - 2014/03/24 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Bleeding Meckel's Diverticulum in an Infant - A Case Report JF - Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society JA - J. Nepal Paedtr. Soc. VL - 34 IS - 1 SE - Brief Reports/Case Reports/Case Series DO - 10.3126/jnps.v34i1.9523 UR - https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JNPS/article/view/9523 SP - 54-56 AB - <p>Meckel&rsquo;s diverticulum is a congenital diverticulum. Mostly it is asymptomatic. In children the commonest complication is lower GI bleeding. High index of suspicion is required for its diagnosis. Technetium-99m pertechnetate scan is useful to detect ectopic gastric mucosa. Surgical treatment of symptomatic Meckel&rsquo;s diverticulum is diverticulectomy or ileal resection.</p><p>DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v34i1.9523">http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v34i1.9523</a></p><p>J Nepal Paediatr Soc 2014;34(1):54-56</p> ER -