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==Overview==
==Overview==
[[Meckel's diverticulum]] appears as a tubular, round, blind-ended and inflamed structure in the right lower quadrant or periumbilical region. Mural thickening and [[Contrast|contrast material]] enhancement may be seen in the wall of the [[diverticulum]]. It also helps rule out [[appendicitis]] in [[Patient|patients]], which has a similar presentation.


==CT==
==CT==
 
Features of CT in [[Patient|patients]] with Meckel's diverticulum are as follows:<ref name="pmid14217735">{{cite journal |vauthors=ENGE I, FRIMANN-DAHL J |title=RADIOLOGY IN ACUTE ABDOMINAL DISORDERS DUE TO MECKEL'S DIVERTICULUM |journal=Br J Radiol |volume=37 |issue= |pages=775–80 |year=1964 |pmid=14217735 |doi=10.1259/0007-1285-37-442-775 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid8623629">{{cite journal |vauthors=Rossi P, Gourtsoyiannis N, Bezzi M, Raptopoulos V, Massa R, Capanna G, Pedicini V, Coe M |title=Meckel's diverticulum: imaging diagnosis |journal=AJR Am J Roentgenol |volume=166 |issue=3 |pages=567–73 |year=1996 |pmid=8623629 |doi=10.2214/ajr.166.3.8623629 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid17579156">{{cite journal |vauthors=Elsayes KM, Menias CO, Harvin HJ, Francis IR |title=Imaging manifestations of Meckel's diverticulum |journal=AJR Am J Roentgenol |volume=189 |issue=1 |pages=81–8 |year=2007 |pmid=17579156 |doi=10.2214/AJR.06.1257 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid19103339">{{cite journal |vauthors=Thurley PD, Halliday KE, Somers JM, Al-Daraji WI, Ilyas M, Broderick NJ |title=Radiological features of Meckel's diverticulum and its complications |journal=Clin Radiol |volume=64 |issue=2 |pages=109–18 |year=2009 |pmid=19103339 |doi=10.1016/j.crad.2008.07.012 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid14975960">{{cite journal |vauthors=Bennett GL, Birnbaum BA, Balthazar EJ |title=CT of Meckel's diverticulitis in 11 patients |journal=AJR Am J Roentgenol |volume=182 |issue=3 |pages=625–9 |year=2004 |pmid=14975960 |doi=10.2214/ajr.182.3.1820625 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid26204277">{{cite journal |vauthors=Kawamoto S, Raman SP, Blackford A, Hruban RH, Fishman EK |title=CT Detection of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Meckel Diverticulum |journal=AJR Am J Roentgenol |volume=205 |issue=2 |pages=281–91 |year=2015 |pmid=26204277 |doi=10.2214/AJR.14.13898 |url=}}</ref>
* CT will demonstrate a blind-ending, tubular, round or oval structure in the right lower quadrant or periumbilical region with surrounding inflammation.
* Standard CT may not routinely show a [[bleeding]] [[diverticulum]].
* The wall of the diverticulum may show inflammatory changes such as mural thickening and contrast material enhancement.
* CT scan demonstrates [[Meckel's diverticulum]] as a blind-ended, tubular, round or oval structure structure in the right lower quadrant or periumbilical region with surrounding inflammation.
* Soft-tissue stranding and adjacent fluid collections are also helpful features of diverticulitis.
* The wall of the [[diverticulum]] may show inflammatory changes such as mural thickening and [[Contrast|contrast material]] enhancement.
* Occasionally enteroliths will be present within the inflamed diverticulum.
* Soft-[[Tissue (biology)|tissue]] stranding and adjacent fluid collections are also helpful features for the diagnosis of [[diverticulitis]].
 
* Occasionally enteroliths may be present within the [[Inflammation|inflamed]] [[diverticulum]].  
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* CT scan also helps rule out [[appendicitis]] in [[Patient|patients]] with similar symptoms.<ref name="pmid15776296">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ueberrueck T, Meyer L, Koch A, Hinkel M, Kube R, Gastinger I |title=The significance of Meckel's diverticulum in appendicitis--a retrospective analysis of 233 cases |journal=World J Surg |volume=29 |issue=4 |pages=455–8 |year=2005 |pmid=15776296 |doi=10.1007/s00268-004-7615-x |url=}}</ref>
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* Ct scan may show features of [[Bowel obstruction|intestinal obstruction]] as a complication of Meckel's Diverticulum.<ref name="pmid26493762">{{cite journal |vauthors=Won Y, Lee HW, Ku YM, Lee SL, Seo KJ, Lee JI, Chung JH |title=Multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT) features of small bowel obstruction (SBO) caused by Meckel's diverticulum |journal=Diagn Interv Imaging |volume=97 |issue=2 |pages=227–32 |year=2016 |pmid=26493762 |doi=10.1016/j.diii.2015.09.006 |url=}}</ref>
 
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Computed tomography (CT scan):
Meckel’s diverticulum may appear as a blind ended and inflamed structure in the mid-abdominal cavity
Helps rule out appendicitis


==References==
==References==

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Overview

Meckel's diverticulum appears as a tubular, round, blind-ended and inflamed structure in the right lower quadrant or periumbilical region. Mural thickening and contrast material enhancement may be seen in the wall of the diverticulum. It also helps rule out appendicitis in patients, which has a similar presentation.

CT

Features of CT in patients with Meckel's diverticulum are as follows:[1][2][3][4][5][6]

References

  1. ENGE I, FRIMANN-DAHL J (1964). "RADIOLOGY IN ACUTE ABDOMINAL DISORDERS DUE TO MECKEL'S DIVERTICULUM". Br J Radiol. 37: 775–80. doi:10.1259/0007-1285-37-442-775. PMID 14217735.
  2. Rossi P, Gourtsoyiannis N, Bezzi M, Raptopoulos V, Massa R, Capanna G, Pedicini V, Coe M (1996). "Meckel's diverticulum: imaging diagnosis". AJR Am J Roentgenol. 166 (3): 567–73. doi:10.2214/ajr.166.3.8623629. PMID 8623629.
  3. Elsayes KM, Menias CO, Harvin HJ, Francis IR (2007). "Imaging manifestations of Meckel's diverticulum". AJR Am J Roentgenol. 189 (1): 81–8. doi:10.2214/AJR.06.1257. PMID 17579156.
  4. Thurley PD, Halliday KE, Somers JM, Al-Daraji WI, Ilyas M, Broderick NJ (2009). "Radiological features of Meckel's diverticulum and its complications". Clin Radiol. 64 (2): 109–18. doi:10.1016/j.crad.2008.07.012. PMID 19103339.
  5. Bennett GL, Birnbaum BA, Balthazar EJ (2004). "CT of Meckel's diverticulitis in 11 patients". AJR Am J Roentgenol. 182 (3): 625–9. doi:10.2214/ajr.182.3.1820625. PMID 14975960.
  6. Kawamoto S, Raman SP, Blackford A, Hruban RH, Fishman EK (2015). "CT Detection of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Meckel Diverticulum". AJR Am J Roentgenol. 205 (2): 281–91. doi:10.2214/AJR.14.13898. PMID 26204277.
  7. Ueberrueck T, Meyer L, Koch A, Hinkel M, Kube R, Gastinger I (2005). "The significance of Meckel's diverticulum in appendicitis--a retrospective analysis of 233 cases". World J Surg. 29 (4): 455–8. doi:10.1007/s00268-004-7615-x. PMID 15776296.
  8. Won Y, Lee HW, Ku YM, Lee SL, Seo KJ, Lee JI, Chung JH (2016). "Multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT) features of small bowel obstruction (SBO) caused by Meckel's diverticulum". Diagn Interv Imaging. 97 (2): 227–32. doi:10.1016/j.diii.2015.09.006. PMID 26493762.

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