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01-06-2013 | Case Report

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour of Meckel’s Diverticulum Causing Perforation and Peritonitis: A Case Report

Authors: Richa Goyal, Navneet K. Chaudhary

Published in: Indian Journal of Surgery | Special Issue 1/2013

Abstract

A 23-year-old man presented with history of fever and pain in the right lower abdomen. He was diagnosed to have acute appendicitis with perforation and was taken up for emergency laparotomy after resuscitation. There was pus in the right iliac fossa and a tumor at the fundus of Meckel’s diverticulum, which had perforated. Appendix was found to be normal. The histopathology examination showed it to be gastrointestinal stromal tumor of Meckel’s diverticulum. The gastrointestinal stromal tumor causing Meckel’s diverticulum perforation and peritonitis is very rare, and prior to this indexed case, only two such cases have been reported in the literature.

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Title: Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour of Meckel’s Diverticulum Causing Perforation and Peritonitis: A Case Report
Authors: Richa Goyal
Navneet K. Chaudhary
Publication date: 01-06-2013
Publisher: Springer India
Published in: Indian Journal of Surgery / Issue Special Issue 1/2013
Print ISSN: 0972-2068
Electronic ISSN: 0973-9793
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-012-0556-y

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