Citation

Woodfield J, Barnett M, Shapkov P. N. Zeal. Med. J. 2011; 124(1344): 95-97.

Affiliation

Department of General Surgery, North Shore Hospital, 124 Shakespeare Road, Takapuna, Auckland 0622, New Zealand. Peter.Shapkov@waitematadhb.govt.nz.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, New Zealand Medical Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

22016169

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.

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