PLAIN FILM IDENTIFICATION OF INVERTED MECKEL DIVERTICULUM

Inversion is a potentially serious complication of Meckel diverticulum . Since inversion provokes gangrene and small bowel obstruction, diagn osis by enteroclysis or imaging studies can conflict with the need for timely surgical intervention. We have noted that plain films may pred ict this lesion when a solitary mottled polypoid lesion occupies the i leum at the site of a small bowel obstruction.