A rare complication in a liver transplant patient: Meckel diverticulum perforation due to biliary stent

Topal U., Ulku A., SARITAŞ A. G., AKÇAM A. T.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SURGERY CASE REPORTS, cilt.53, ss.35-38, 2018 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 53
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.09.034
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SURGERY CASE REPORTS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.35-38
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Liver transplantation, Meckel diverticule, Biliary stent migration, MIGRATION
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

INTRODUCTION: Meckel's diverticulum is the most common congenital lesion of the small intestine. The incidence varies between 0.5% and 2% Biliary stents can be used for the treatment of patients with bile duct complications. Intestinal perforation due migrated stents is a very rare and life threatening complication. "Perforation of the Meckel diverticulum due to stent", and no case was found in the literature. For this reason, our case has been identified as the first case seen in the literature.