3. How might a Meckel’s diverticulum present?
Correct answer: (1) Perforation by a foreign body.(2) Patent vitellointestinal duct.(3) Peptic ulceration.(4) Raspberry tumour at the umbilicus.(5) Intussusception (ileoileal).(6) Vitellointestinal band volvulus.(7) Acute inflammation.(8) Symptomless finding.
2. What is the ‘rule of 2’s’ with regard to Meckel’s diverticulum?
Correct answer: It occurs in 2% of the population, it is 2 feet (60 cm) from the caecum, it is 2 inches (5 cm) long.
1. What is Meckel’s diverticulum?
Correct answer: This is the remnant of the vitellointestinal duct of the embryo.
