An 18-Year-Old Man with Bleeding From a Meckel's Diverticulum of the Terminal Ileum Diagnosed by 99mTc-Pertechnetate Scintigraphy (Meckel's Scan)

10 July 2026 : Case report Saudi Arabia

Unusual clinical course, Challenging differential diagnosis, Management of emergency care

Hasan M. Alswiket

^{ABCDEFG 1*}, Rakan S. Alshahrani

^{ABCDEFG 2}, Ibrahim M. Alzahrani^{ABCDEFG 3}, Mosab A. Alarfaj

^{ABCDEFG 1}

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.951726

Am J Case Rep 2026; 27:e951726

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Table 1 Summary of reported cases of bleeding Meckel’s diverticulum among adult patients, reported over the period between 2006 and 2023.

Case	Author	Year	Age	Sex	Nature of Bleeding	Diagnostic Tools	Operation
1	Our case	2024	18	Male	Fresh rectal bleeding	CT scanSigmoidoscopyColonoscopyEGDCapsule endoscopyMeckel’s scan	Laparoscopic segmental resection
2	Dumper et al []¹⁴	2006	31	Male	Bright per rectal bleeding	ColonoscopyEndoscopyMesenteric angiogramMeckel’s scan	Segmental resection
3	Saad Eddin et al []²⁹	2023	44	Male	Fresh rectal bleeding	CT scanColonoscopyMeckel’s scan	Open segmental resection
4	Krstevski et al []³⁰	2021	33	Female	Maroon-colored loose stools	Abdominal ultrasoundColonoscopyEndoscopyVideo capsule endoscopyMeckel’s scan	Laparoscopic diverticulectomy
5	Fernandes et al []³¹	2015	64	Male	Hematochezia	ColonoscopyEndoscopyCapsule enteroscopy	Laparoscopic diverticulectomy
Abbreviations: CT, computed tomography; EGD, esophagogastroduodenoscopy.

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