- Abdominal discomfort or pain ranging from mild to severe
- Passing of blood in the stool
Symptoms often occur during the first few years of life, but may not start until adulthood.
Signs and tests
- Blockage of the intestine
- Blood in the stool - visible or invisible (occult)
- Inflammation of the pouch (
diverticulitis )
Tests:
Hematocrit Hemoglobin - Stool smear for invisible blood (
stool occult blood test ) Technetium scan
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Meckel's diverticulum Treatment
Review Date: 11/11/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine University of Washington
School of Medicine; and George F. Longstreth, MD, Department of
Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, San
Diego, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
