Year 2025 / Volume 117 / Number 11
Letter
Clinical manifestations of Meckel’s diverticulum and analytical distinction with appendicitis: a 20-year diagnostic study

692-694

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2025.11032/2024

Julio César Moreno-Alfonso, Carlos Delgado-Miguel, Sara Hernández Martín, Ada Molina Caballero, Alberto Pérez Martínez, María Concepción Yárnoz Irazábal,

Abstract
While approximately 90% of Meckel's diverticula are asymptomatic, they can manifest with a wide spectrum of complications with a mortality rate of 0.001%. The differential diagnosis is broad, with appendicitis being the main consideration when diverticulitis is the presenting symptom. This study aims to characterize a population with symptomatic Meckel's diverticulum and to investigate the utility of cellular indices in its differential diagnosis with appendicitis. A diagnostic study was conducted encompassing patients aged 0-15 years who underwent surgery for symptomatic Meckel's diverticulum between 2002 and 2023 at a pediatric hospital.
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1. Moreno-Alfonso JC, Hernández Martín S, Molina Caballero A, Pérez Martínez A, Yárnoz Irazábal MC. The "rule of two" in Meckel's diverticulum - Does it truly apply to the pediatric population in our area? Rev Esp Enferm Dig 2024. In Press. DOI: 10.17235/reed.2024.10798/2024
2. Moreno-Alfonso JC, Ayuso González L, Hernández Martín S, Arredondo Montero J, Ros Briones R, Pérez Martínez A. Urachal remnant and acute abdomen: when it's not what it seems. An Sist Sanit Navar 2022;45(3):e1026. DOI: 10.23938/ASSN.1026
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Moreno-Alfonso J, Delgado-Miguel C, Hernández Martín S, Molina Caballero A, Pérez Martínez A, Yárnoz Irazábal M, et all. Clinical manifestations of Meckel’s diverticulum and analytical distinction with appendicitis: a 20-year diagnostic study. 11032/2024


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Publication history

Received: 18/12/2024

Accepted: 09/01/2025

Online First: 03/02/2025

Published: 11/11/2025

Article Online First time: 47 days

Article editing time: 328 days


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