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Meckel's diverticulum ultrasound
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Ultrasonography may also help in the detection of omphaloenteric (vitelline) duct remnants or cysts.
Ultrasound
Ultrasound
Features in patients with Meckel’s diverticulum on ultrasound include:[1][2]
- Ultrasonography may also help in the detection of omphaloenteric (vitelline) duct remnants or cysts.[3]
- Meckel’s diverticulum is identified as a saccular, blind-ending structure located on the antimesenteric border of the ileum.
- Meckel’s diverticulum is usually found in the right lower quadrant and pelvic region.
- The junction of the diverticulum with the ileum may show a mucosal triangular plateau or triradiate fold pattern (represents the site of omphalomesenteric duct attachment to the ileum).
- Filling defects within the diverticulum may represent enteroliths, fecaliths, or foreign bodies.
References
References
- ↑ Larson J, Ellinger D (1989). “Sonographic findings in torsion of a Meckel diverticulum”. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 152 (5): 1130. doi:10.2214/ajr.152.5.1130. PMID 2650487.
- ↑ Poelman JG, Hüpscher DN, Ritsema GH (1991). “Sonographic manifestation of an inflamed Meckel’s diverticulum: a case report”. Eur J Radiol. 12 (1): 45–6. PMID 1999211.
- ↑ Samain J, Maeyaert S, Geusens E, Mussen E (2012). “Sonographic findings of Meckel’s diverticulitis”. JBR-BTR. 95 (2): 103. PMID 22764670.
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