Um Divertículo de Meckel numa idade atípica

Tiago Dias Esteves; Cláudia Miguel; Stéfanie Pereira; Raquel Lameira; Daniel Tiago; Henrique Patrício; Rute Martins; Rafaela Murinello

No. 33 (2025): Oct - Dec

Flash Report

A Meckel’s diverticulum at an atypical age

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Tiago Dias Esteves,
Cláudia Miguel,
Stéfanie Pereira,
Raquel Lameira,
Daniel Tiago,
Henrique Patrício,
Rute Martins,
Rafaela Murinello

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Tiago Dias Esteves
Unidade de Cirurgia Pediátrica – Unidade Local de Saúde do Algarve

Cláudia Miguel
Serviço de Pediatria – Unidade Local de Saúde de Gaia/Espinho do Algarve

Stéfanie Pereira
Unidade de Cirurgia Pediátrica – Unidade Local de Saúde do Algarve

Raquel Lameira
Unidade de Cirurgia Pediátrica – Unidade Local de Saúde do Algarve

Daniel Tiago
Serviço de Pediatria – Unidade Local de Saúde de Gaia/Espinho do Algarve

Henrique Patrício
Serviço de Imagiologia – Unidade Local de Saúde do Algarve

Rute Martins
Serviço de Imagiologia – Unidade Local de Saúde do Algarve

Rafaela Murinello
Unidade de Cirurgia Pediátrica – Unidade Local de Saúde do Algarve

Published 04/11/2026

Keywords

Divertículo de Meckel,
Hemorragia digestiva,
Cintigrafia Tc-99

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Dias Esteves T, Miguel C, Pereira S, Lameira R, Tiago D, Patrício H, et al. A Meckel’s diverticulum at an atypical age. Alg Med [Internet]. 2026 Apr. 11 [cited 2026 Apr. 18];(33):28-9. Available from: https://algarvemedico.org/index.php/am/article/view/28

Abstract

Meckel’s diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract and may present with gastrointestinal bleeding, abdominal pain, or obstruction. We report a 10-year-old boy admitted with abdominal pain and hematochezia. Technetium-99m scintigraphy revealed ectopic gastric mucosa consistent with Meckel’s diverticulum. Surgical resection was performed with an uneventful postoperative course.

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