Abstract
A 16-year-old male sustained an intra-abdominal haemorrhage after diving for last base during a softball game. At laparotomy a ruptured patent mesodiverticular band supplying a large Meckel's diverticulum was found. Traumatic rupture of a mesodiverticular band leading to massive intra-abdominal haemorrhage is a rare event, and has never been reported as a single injury or in the context of a sport's injury.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 95-7 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | New Zealand Medical Journal |
| Volume | 124 |
| Issue number | 1344 |
| Publication status | Published - 14 Oct 2011 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- Adolescent
- Baseball
- Hemoperitoneum
- Humans
- Ileum
- Male
- Meckel Diverticulum
- Mesenteric Arteries
- Rupture
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed