A Case of Mesodiverticular Band Causing Small Intestinal Obstruction

소장 폐쇄의 원인이 된 게실 간막 띠(Mesodiverticular band) 1례

Meckel's diverticulum is found in about 3% of the population, often incidentally during laparotomy or at autopsy. Over 50% of patients who develop symptoms from this anomaly are younger than 2 years of age. The most common symptom of this lesion is intestinal obstruction. Rarely Meckel's diverticulum is complicated by a mesodiverticular band, which is believed to be a remnant of a vitelline artery. We report a 11-year-old girl with small bowel obstruction because of an intestinal hernia beneath the mesodiverticular band. The causative factor was a stenotic area in the terminal ileum caused by a ringlike lipovascular mesenteric band encroaching externally on the lumen. Although the incidence of mesodiverticular bands complicating Meckel's diverticulum is quite low, the rapid clinical course and the associated high mortality rate make this an important disease.

저자들은 이전에 건강했던 여아에서 갑작스런 복통과 담즙성 구토 증세를 보여 단순 복부 방사선 소견에서 소장 폐쇄 소견과 소장 조영술을 시행하여 협착 부위를 확인하고 수술을 시행 후 게실 간막 띠에 의한 소장의 폐쇄를 관찰한 1례를 경험하였기에 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.