TY - JOUR AU - Almetaher, Hisham A. AU - Mansour, Mohammed Awad PY - 2020 DA - 2020/11/30 TI - Acute abdomen in children due to different presentations of complicated Meckel’s diverticulum: a case series JO - Annals of Pediatric Surgery SP - 45 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Meckel’s diverticulum (MD) is the commonest congenital abnormality of the gastrointestinal tract that occurs in 2% of general population. It remains asymptomatic, but it may lead to life-threatening complications. These complications may be misdiagnosed with other gastrointestinal disorders like acute appendicitis, making its diagnosis challenging among pediatricians and pediatric surgeons. In this study, we reported five cases with different presentations of complicated MD in children. SN - 2090-5394 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s43159-020-00055-7 DO - 10.1186/s43159-020-00055-7 ID - Almetaher2020 ER -