We report a case of a 5-year-old boy with acute abdomen following an upper airways infection who developed Meckel's diverticulum perforation secondary to group A β-hemolytic streptococcus and its successful treatment by a laparoscopic-assisted intervention. To the best of our knowledge, such an event has never been reported previously.
Secondary involvement of Meckel's diverticulum by group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus in a child with upper airways infection treated by laparoscopic-assisted resection
Verrotti, Alberto;LATINI, MARIA ELENA;RINALDI, VICTORIA ELISA;DI CARA, GIUSEPPE;APPIGNANI, Antonino
2015
Abstract
We report a case of a 5-year-old boy with acute abdomen following an upper airways infection who developed Meckel's diverticulum perforation secondary to group A β-hemolytic streptococcus and its successful treatment by a laparoscopic-assisted intervention. To the best of our knowledge, such an event has never been reported previously.File in questo prodotto:
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